#79a5ec

Color #79a5ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.69 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79a5ec

RGB

rgb(121, 165, 236)

HSL

hsl(217, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(67.3, 4.3, -40.22)

LCH

lch(67.3, 40.45, 276.1)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1148, 259.66)

HWB

hwb(217, 47.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecc079

Analogous

#79dfec

#79a5ec

#8679ec

Triadic

#79a5ec

#ec79a5

#a5ec79

Split-complementary

#79a5ec

#ec8679

#dfec79

Tetradic

#79a5ec

#c079ec

#ecc079

#a5ec79

Square

#79a5ec

#ec79df

#ecc079

#79ec86

Shades

Color #79a5ec mixed toward black.

#4582e5

#1e62d0

#164a9c

#0f3168

#071934

Tints

Color #79a5ec mixed toward white.

#8fb4ef

#a6c3f2

#bcd2f6

#d2e1f9

#e9f0fc

Tones

Color #79a5ec mixed toward gray.

#83a7e2

#8caad9

#96accf

#9faec6

#a9b0bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fde · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#8c88da · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#7cd1ce · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a5ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a5ec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#79a5ec (#79a5ec) is rgb(121, 165, 236) in RGB.

No, #79a5ec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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