#79AEFF#79AEFF

#79AEFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEFF
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 4.88, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 45.71, 276.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0257 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.131 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0650, 41.5539, 100.4451)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEFF #FFCA79

analogous

#79F1FF #79AEFF #8779FF

triadic

#79AEFF #FF79AE #AEFF79

tetradic

#79AEFF #FF79F1 #FFCA79 #79FF87

square

#79AEFF #FF79F1 #FFCA79 #79FF87

split-complementary

#79AEFF #FF8779 #F1FF79

monochromatic

#0064FE #3C89FF #79AEFF #B6D3FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#79AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#79AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEFF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEFF	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5ff',
    500: '#79aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeff;
$custom-light: #a7c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.269,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEFF

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

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