#79ADF9#79ADF9

#79ADF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79ADF9
RGBrgb(121, 173, 249)
HSLhsl(216, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(216, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.03, 3.64, -43.04)
CIE-LCHlch(70.03, 43.19, 274.84°)
OKLaboklab(74.24% -0.0262 -0.121)
OKLCHoklch(74.24% 0.124 257.8)
XYZxyz(39.9218, 40.7887, 95.3735)
Luminance0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79ADF9 #F9C579
analogous
#79EDF9 #79ADF9 #8579F9
triadic
#79ADF9 #F979AD #ADF979
tetradic
#79ADF9 #F979ED #F9C579 #79F985
square
#79ADF9 #F979ED #F9C579 #79F985
split-complementary
#79ADF9 #F98579 #EDF979
monochromatic
#0B67ED #3E89F6 #79ADF9 #B4D1FC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#79ADF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#79ADF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADF9
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79ADF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79ADF91.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FB2FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7FA6F7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#37BEC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79adf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 257.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5fb',
    500: '#79adf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79adf9;
$custom-light: #a7c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79adf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74236,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79ADF9
secondary
#F6E9D5
accent
#8800E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185

Preview Lab

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#79ADF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva