#79a9f5

Color #79a9f5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a9f5

RGB

rgb(121, 169, 245)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 86.1%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 50.6%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 31%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(68.77, 4.7, -42.83)

LCH

lch(68.77, 43.09, 276.26)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.1225, 259.28)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 47.5%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5c579

Analogous

#79e7f5

#79a9f5

#8779f5

Triadic

#79a9f5

#f579a9

#a9f579

Split-complementary

#79a9f5

#f58779

#e7f579

Tetradic

#79a9f5

#c579f5

#f5c579

#a9f579

Square

#79a9f5

#f579e7

#f5c579

#79f587

Shades

Color #79a9f5 mixed toward black.

#4085f1

#1162e3

#0d4aaa

#083172

#041939

Tints

Color #79a9f5 mixed toward white.

#8fb7f7

#a6c6f8

#bcd4fa

#d2e2fc

#e9f1fd

Tones

Color #79a9f5 mixed toward gray.

#83abeb

#8eaee0

#98b0d6

#a2b2cc

#adb5c1

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

#9091e6 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#8d8ae2 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#7cd8d5 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79a9f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a9f5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#79a9f5 (#79a9f5) is rgb(121, 169, 245) in RGB.

No, #79a9f5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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