#79ACF8#79ACF8

#79ACF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.123 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACF8
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 248)
HSL	hsl(216, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 3.91, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 43.16, 275.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0254 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.123 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5752, 40.3444, 94.4905)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACF8 #F8C579

analogous

#79EBF8 #79ACF8 #8679F8

triadic

#79ACF8 #F879AC #ACF879

tetradic

#79ACF8 #F879EB #F8C579 #79F886

square

#79ACF8 #F879EB #F8C579 #79F886

split-complementary

#79ACF8 #F88679 #EBF879

monochromatic

#0C65EA #3F88F5 #79ACF8 #B3D0FB #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79ACF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#79ACF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACF8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACF8	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB1FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA5F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39BDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79acf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.123 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c4fb',
    500: '#79acf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79acf8;
$custom-light: #a7c4fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79acf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.906,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACF8

secondary

#F6E9D5

accent

#8900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACF8

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

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