#79AAF9#79AAF9

#79AAF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAF9
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 249)
HSL	hsl(217, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 5.33, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 44.62, 276.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0228 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.127 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3530, 39.6511, 95.1838)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAF9 #F9C879

analogous

#79EAF9 #79AAF9 #8879F9

triadic

#79AAF9 #F979AA #AAF979

tetradic

#79AAF9 #F979EA #F9C879 #79F988

square

#79AAF9 #F979EA #F9C879 #79F988

split-complementary

#79AAF9 #F98879 #EAF979

monochromatic

#0B61ED #3E85F6 #79AAF9 #B4CFFC #E2ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79AAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#79AAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAF9

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAF9	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BB0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c3fb',
    500: '#79aaf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaf9;
$custom-light: #a7c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.031,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAF9

secondary

#F6E9D5

accent

#8E00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAF9

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

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