#79a1e6

Color #79a1e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a1e6

RGB

rgb(121, 161, 230)

HSL

hsl(218, 68.6%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 47.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.4%, 30%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(65.95, 4.81, -39.03)

LCH

lch(65.95, 39.33, 277.03)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.1109, 260.92)

HWB

hwb(218, 47.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6be79

Analogous

#79d7e6

#79a1e6

#8779e6

Triadic

#79a1e6

#e679a1

#a1e679

Split-complementary

#79a1e6

#e68779

#d7e679

Tetradic

#79a1e6

#be79e6

#e6be79

#a1e679

Square

#79a1e6

#e679d7

#e6be79

#79e687

Shades

Color #79a1e6 mixed toward black.

#487edd

#2560c5

#1c4894

#123063

#091831

Tints

Color #79a1e6 mixed toward white.

#8fb1ea

#a6c0ee

#bcd0f3

#d2e0f7

#e9effb

Tones

Color #79a1e6 mixed toward gray.

#82a3dd

#8ba6d4

#94a8cb

#9dabc2

#a6adb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cd8 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#8a87d4 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#7bccc9 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a1e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a1e6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79a1e6 (#79a1e6) is rgb(121, 161, 230) in RGB.

No, #79a1e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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