#79b2eb

Color #79b2eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#79b2eb

RGB

rgb(121, 178, 235)

HSL

hsl(210, 74%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 48.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(70.8, -3.25, -34.22)

LCH

lch(70.8, 34.37, 264.57)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.1022, 249.37)

HWB

hwb(210, 47.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebb279

Analogous

#79ebeb

#79b2eb

#7979eb

Triadic

#79b2eb

#eb79b2

#b2eb79

Split-complementary

#79b2eb

#eb7979

#ebeb79

Tetradic

#79b2eb

#b279eb

#ebb279

#b2eb79

Square

#79b2eb

#eb79eb

#ebb279

#79eb79

Shades

Color #79b2eb mixed toward black.

#4594e3

#1f77ce

#17599b

#0f3b67

#081e34

Tints

Color #79b2eb mixed toward white.

#8fbfee

#a6ccf2

#bcd8f5

#d2e5f8

#e9f2fc

Tones

Color #79b2eb mixed toward gray.

#83b2e1

#8cb2d8

#95b2ce

#9fb2c5

#a8b2bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596df · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#928ddc · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#7dd5d2 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 19.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79b2eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79b2eb]

Related colors

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#79b2eb (#79b2eb) is rgb(121, 178, 235) in RGB.

No, #79b2eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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