#79AEFB#79AEFB

#79AEFB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.125 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AEFB
RGBrgb(121, 174, 251)
HSLhsl(216, 94%, 73%)
HSVhsv(216, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.38, 3.68, -43.56)
CIE-LCHlch(70.38, 43.72, 274.82°)
OKLaboklab(74.54% -0.0268 -0.1225)
OKLCHoklch(74.54% 0.125 257.7)
XYZxyz(40.4278, 41.2990, 97.0892)
Luminance0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AEFB #FBC679
analogous
#79EFFB #79AEFB #8579FB
triadic
#79AEFB #FB79AE #AEFB79
tetradic
#79AEFB #FB79EF #FBC679 #79FB85
square
#79AEFB #FB79EF #FBC679 #79FB85
split-complementary
#79AEFB #FB8579 #EFFB79
monochromatic
#0767F2 #3E8AF9 #79AEFB #B4D2FD #E1EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#79AEFB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#79AEFB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEFB
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AEFB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AEFB1.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90B3FE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#80A7F9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#35BFC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79aefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.125 257.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5fd',
    500: '#79aefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79aefb;
$custom-light: #a7c5fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79aefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.538,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

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

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