#79AAF8#79AAF8

#79AAF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAF8
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 5.04, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 44.12, 276.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0231 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.125 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1974, 39.5888, 94.3646)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAF8 #F8C779

analogous

#79EAF8 #79AAF8 #8779F8

triadic

#79AAF8 #F879AA #AAF879

tetradic

#79AAF8 #F879EA #F8C779 #79F887

square

#79AAF8 #F879EA #F8C779 #79F887

split-complementary

#79AAF8 #F88779 #EAF879

monochromatic

#0C62EA #3F85F5 #79AAF8 #B3CFFB #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79AAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#79AAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAF8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAF8	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c3fb',
    500: '#79aaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaf8;
$custom-light: #a7c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.85,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAF8

secondary

#F6E9D5

accent

#8D00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAF8

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

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