#79A8EB#79A8EB

#79A8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A8EB
RGBrgb(121, 168, 235)
HSLhsl(215, 74%, 70%)
HSVhsv(215, 49%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(48.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.07, 2.31, -38.47)
CIE-LCHlch(68.07, 38.54, 273.44°)
OKLaboklab(72.51% -0.0244 -0.1078)
OKLCHoklch(72.51% 0.111 257.3)
XYZxyz(36.8781, 38.0658, 83.9853)
Luminance0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A8EB #EBBC79
analogous
#79E1EB #79A8EB #8379EB
triadic
#79A8EB #EB79A8 #A8EB79
tetradic
#79A8EB #EB79E1 #EBBC79 #79EB83
square
#79A8EB #EB79E1 #EBBC79 #79EB83
split-complementary
#79A8EB #EB8379 #E1EB79
monochromatic
#1E66CB #4485E3 #79A8EB #AECBF3 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#79A8EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61
#79A8EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8EB
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A8EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A8EB1.002.448.618.61
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6121.001.001.00
##0000008.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EACEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81A1EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#46B7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 257.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c1f1',
    500: '#79a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a8eb;
$custom-light: #a5c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.263,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72506,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A8EB
secondary
#F0E3D0
accent
#840FD6
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185

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#79A8EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva