#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
RGBrgb(121, 170, 248)
HSLhsl(217, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(217, 51%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.18, 5.04, -43.83)
CIE-LCHlch(69.18, 44.12, 276.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.56% -0.0231 -0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(73.56% 0.125 259.4)
XYZxyz(39.1974, 39.5888, 94.3646)
Luminance0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##79AAF81.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

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

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#79AAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva