#79a2ff

Color #79a2ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79a2ff

RGB

rgb(121, 162, 255)

HSL

hsl(221.6, 100%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.6, 52.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 36.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(67.37, 11.72, -50.48)

LCH

lch(67.37, 51.82, 283.07)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1432, 265.03)

HWB

hwb(221.6, 47.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffd679

Analogous

#79e5ff

#79a2ff

#9379ff

Triadic

#79a2ff

#ff79a2

#a2ff79

Split-complementary

#79a2ff

#ff9379

#e5ff79

Tetradic

#79a2ff

#d679ff

#ffd679

#a2ff79

Square

#79a2ff

#ff79e5

#ffd679

#79ff93

Shades

Color #79a2ff mixed toward black.

#3a77ff

#004dfb

#003abc

#00267d

#00133f

Tints

Color #79a2ff mixed toward white.

#8fb2ff

#a6c1ff

#bcd1ff

#d2e0ff

#e9f0ff

Tones

Color #79a2ff mixed toward gray.

#84a6f4

#8fabe9

#9aafdd

#a6b3d2

#b1b8c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ded · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#8a87e8 · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#7bddd9 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79a2ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a2ff]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79a2ff (#79a2ff) is rgb(121, 162, 255) in RGB.

No, #79a2ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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