#79a7e3

Color #79a7e3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a7e3

RGB

rgb(121, 167, 227)

HSL

hsl(214, 65.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 46.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(67.46, 0.55, -35.03)

LCH

lch(67.46, 35.03, 270.9)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1012, 255.4)

HWB

hwb(214, 47.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b579

Analogous

#79dce3

#79a7e3

#8079e3

Triadic

#79a7e3

#e379a7

#a7e379

Split-complementary

#79a7e3

#e38079

#dce379

Tetradic

#79a7e3

#b579e3

#e3b579

#a7e379

Square

#79a7e3

#e379dc

#e3b579

#79e380

Shades

Color #79a7e3 mixed toward black.

#4987d9

#286ac0

#1e4f90

#143560

#0a1a30

Tints

Color #79a7e3 mixed toward white.

#8fb6e8

#a6c4ec

#bcd3f1

#d2e2f6

#e9f0fa

Tones

Color #79a7e3 mixed toward gray.

#82a8da

#8ba9d1

#93aac8

#9cacc0

#a5adb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90d6 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#8d89d3 · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#7cccc9 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a7e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a7e3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#79a7e3 (#79a7e3) is rgb(121, 167, 227) in RGB.

No, #79a7e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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