#79acf9

Color #79acf9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79acf9

RGB

rgb(121, 172, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 91.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 51.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.4%, 30.9%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(69.76, 4.2, -43.46)

LCH

lch(69.76, 43.66, 275.52)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.1248, 258.39)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 47.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c679

Analogous

#79ecf9

#79acf9

#8679f9

Triadic

#79acf9

#f979ac

#acf979

Split-complementary

#79acf9

#f98679

#ecf979

Tetradic

#79acf9

#c679f9

#f9c679

#acf979

Square

#79acf9

#f979ec

#f9c679

#79f986

Shades

Color #79acf9 mixed toward black.

#3e87f6

#0b64ec

#084bb1

#053276

#03193b

Tints

Color #79acf9 mixed toward white.

#8fbafa

#a6c8fb

#bcd5fc

#d2e3fd

#e9f1fe

Tones

Color #79acf9 mixed toward gray.

#83aeee

#8eb0e4

#99b2d9

#a4b5ce

#aeb7c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292e9 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8be5 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#7cdcd9 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 22.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79acf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79acf9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#79acf9 (#79acf9) is rgb(121, 172, 249) in RGB.

No, #79acf9 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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