#79a8f6

Color #79a8f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79a8f6

RGB

rgb(121, 168, 246)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 87.4%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 50.8%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(68.55, 5.57, -43.72)

LCH

lch(68.55, 44.07, 277.26)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.1248, 260.13)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 47.5%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6c779

Analogous

#79e7f6

#79a8f6

#8979f6

Triadic

#79a8f6

#f679a8

#a8f679

Split-complementary

#79a8f6

#f68979

#e7f679

Tetradic

#79a8f6

#c779f6

#f6c779

#a8f679

Square

#79a8f6

#f679e7

#f6c779

#79f689

Shades

Color #79a8f6 mixed toward black.

#4083f2

#0f60e5

#0c48ac

#083073

#041839

Tints

Color #79a8f6 mixed toward white.

#8fb7f8

#a6c5f9

#bcd4fb

#d2e2fc

#e9f1fe

Tones

Color #79a8f6 mixed toward gray.

#84abec

#8eade1

#98b0d7

#a3b2cc

#adb5c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090e6 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#8d89e2 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#7cd9d6 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 22.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #79a8f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a8f6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79a8f6 (#79a8f6) is rgb(121, 168, 246) in RGB.

No, #79a8f6 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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