#79A9F0#79A9F0

#79A9F0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A9F0
RGB	rgb(121, 169, 240)
HSL	hsl(216, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 29.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 3.22, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 40.57, 274.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0241 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.116 258)
XYZ	xyz(37.7960, 38.7295, 87.9050)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A9F0 #F0C079

analogous

#79E5F0 #79A9F0 #8479F0

triadic

#79A9F0 #F079A9 #A9F079

tetradic

#79A9F0 #F079E5 #F0C079 #79F084

square

#79A9F0 #F079E5 #F0C079 #79F084

split-complementary

#79A9F0 #F08479 #E5F079

monochromatic

#1865D7 #4286EA #79A9F0 #B0CCF6 #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79A9F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#79A9F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A9F0

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A9F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A9F0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a9f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 169, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c2f5',
    500: '#79a9f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a9f0;
$custom-light: #a6c2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a9f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.798,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.38732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A9F0

secondary

#F2E5D2

accent

#8709DC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A9F0

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

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