#79afed

Color #79afed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.9 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79afed

RGB

rgb(121, 175, 237)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 76.3%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 48.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.06, -1.02, -36.46)

LCH

lch(70.06, 36.47, 268.4)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.1069, 252.63)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 47.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb779

Analogous

#79e9ed

#79afed

#7d79ed

Triadic

#79afed

#ed79af

#afed79

Split-complementary

#79afed

#ed7d79

#e9ed79

Tetradic

#79afed

#b779ed

#edb779

#afed79

Square

#79afed

#ed79e9

#edb779

#79ed7d

Shades

Color #79afed mixed toward black.

#4490e6

#1c71d2

#15559e

#0e3869

#071c35

Tints

Color #79afed mixed toward white.

#8fbcf0

#a6caf3

#bcd7f6

#d2e4f9

#e9f2fc

Tones

Color #79afed mixed toward gray.

#83b0e3

#8cb0da

#96b1d0

#a0b2c6

#a9b2bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494e0 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#908cdd · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#7cd5d3 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79afed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79afed]

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Frequently asked questions

#79afed (#79afed) is rgb(121, 175, 237) in RGB.

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

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