#79AEF9#79AEF9

#79AEF9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEF9
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(215, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 3.08, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 42.73, 274.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0273 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.123 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1142, 41.1736, 95.4376)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEF9 #F9C479

analogous

#79EEF9 #79AEF9 #8479F9

triadic

#79AEF9 #F979AE #AEF979

tetradic

#79AEF9 #F979EE #F9C479 #79F984

square

#79AEF9 #F979EE #F9C479 #79F984

split-complementary

#79AEF9 #F98479 #EEF979

monochromatic

#0B68ED #3E8BF6 #79AEF9 #B4D1FC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#79AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#79AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEF9	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5fb',
    500: '#79aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aef9;
$custom-light: #a7c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.156,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEF9

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8600E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF9

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

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