#79a6ec

Color #79a6ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79a6ec

RGB

rgb(121, 166, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(67.57, 3.74, -39.8)

LCH

lch(67.57, 39.98, 275.37)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.1138, 259.01)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 47.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecbf79

Analogous

#79e0ec

#79a6ec

#8579ec

Triadic

#79a6ec

#ec79a6

#a6ec79

Split-complementary

#79a6ec

#ec8579

#e0ec79

Tetradic

#79a6ec

#bf79ec

#ecbf79

#a6ec79

Square

#79a6ec

#ec79e0

#ecbf79

#79ec85

Shades

Color #79a6ec mixed toward black.

#4583e5

#1e64d0

#164b9c

#0f3268

#071934

Tints

Color #79a6ec mixed toward white.

#8fb5ef

#a6c4f2

#bcd3f6

#d2e1f9

#e9f0fc

Tones

Color #79a6ec mixed toward gray.

#83a8e2

#8caad9

#96accf

#9faec6

#a9b0bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fde · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8c89da · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#7cd1cf · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a6ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a6ec]

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

#79a6ec (#79a6ec) is rgb(121, 166, 236) in RGB.

No, #79a6ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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