#79A0EF#79A0EF

#79A0EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A0EF
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 8.04, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 44.50, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0139 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.124 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0308, 35.4361, 86.5858)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A0EF #EFC879

analogous

#79DBEF #79A0EF #8D79EF

triadic

#79A0EF #EF79A0 #A0EF79

tetradic

#79A0EF #EF79DB #EFC879 #79EF8D

square

#79A0EF #EF79DB #EFC879 #79EF8D

split-complementary

#79A0EF #EF8D79 #DBEF79

monochromatic

#1957D4 #4279E8 #79A0EF #B0C7F6 #E4ECFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#79A0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#79A0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0EF

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A0EF	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749CED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6bbf4',
    500: '#79a0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a0ef;
$custom-light: #a6bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.169,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A0EF

secondary

#F2E7D2

accent

#960BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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