#79a8fb

Color #79a8fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79a8fb

RGB

rgb(121, 168, 251)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 94.2%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 51.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 33.1%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(68.77, 7.07, -46.09)

LCH

lch(68.77, 46.63, 278.72)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1314, 261.2)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 47.5%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbcc79

Analogous

#79e9fb

#79a8fb

#8b79fb

Triadic

#79a8fb

#fb79a8

#a8fb79

Split-complementary

#79a8fb

#fb8b79

#e9fb79

Tetradic

#79a8fb

#cc79fb

#fbcc79

#a8fb79

Square

#79a8fb

#fb79e9

#fbcc79

#79fb8b

Shades

Color #79a8fb mixed toward black.

#3d81f9

#075cf1

#0545b5

#042e78

#02173c

Tints

Color #79a8fb mixed toward white.

#8fb6fc

#a6c5fc

#bcd3fd

#d2e2fe

#e9f0fe

Tones

Color #79a8fb mixed toward gray.

#84abf0

#8eaee5

#99b1da

#a4b4d0

#afb7c5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090ea · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8d89e6 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#7cdcd9 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a8fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a8fb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#79a8fb (#79a8fb) is rgb(121, 168, 251) in RGB.

No, #79a8fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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