#79AAEF#79AAEF

#79AAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAEF
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 2.36, -39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 39.61, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0255 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.114 257)
XYZ	xyz(37.8346, 39.0437, 87.1871)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAEF #EFBE79

analogous

#79E5EF #79AAEF #8379EF

triadic

#79AAEF #EF79AA #AAEF79

tetradic

#79AAEF #EF79E5 #EFBE79 #79EF83

square

#79AAEF #EF79E5 #EFBE79 #79EF83

split-complementary

#79AAEF #EF8379 #E5EF79

monochromatic

#1967D4 #4287E8 #79AAEF #B0CDF6 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#79AAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAEF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAEF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3f4',
    500: '#79aaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaef;
$custom-light: #a6c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.39046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAEF

secondary

#F2E5D2

accent

#840BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAEF

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

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