#79AAF2#79AAF2

#79AAF2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAF2
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 242)
HSL	hsl(216, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 29.8%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 3.25, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 41.11, 274.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0247 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.118 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2815, 39.2225, 89.5406)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAF2 #F2C179

analogous

#79E7F2 #79AAF2 #8479F2

triadic

#79AAF2 #F279AA #AAF279

tetradic

#79AAF2 #F279E7 #F2C179 #79F284

square

#79AAF2 #F279E7 #F2C179 #79F284

split-complementary

#79AAF2 #F28479 #E7F279

monochromatic

#1565DB #4187ED #79AAF2 #B1CDF7 #E3EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79AAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#79AAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAF2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAF2	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAFF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA3F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3f6',
    500: '#79aaf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaf2;
$custom-light: #a6c3f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.702,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAF2

secondary

#F3E6D3

accent

#8707DF

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FE

border

#CED0D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAF2

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

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