#79baff

Color #79baff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#79baff

RGB

rgb(121, 186, 255)

HSL

hsl(210.9, 100%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.9, 52.5%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(73.8, -1.8, -40.38)

LCH

lch(73.8, 40.42, 267.45)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.1199, 250.96)

HWB

hwb(210.9, 47.5%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffbe79

Analogous

#79fdff

#79baff

#7b79ff

Triadic

#79baff

#ff79ba

#baff79

Split-complementary

#79baff

#ff7b79

#fdff79

Tetradic

#79baff

#be79ff

#ffbe79

#baff79

Square

#79baff

#ff79fd

#ffbe79

#79ff7b

Shades

Color #79baff mixed toward black.

#3a9aff

#007afb

#005bbc

#003d7d

#001e3f

Tints

Color #79baff mixed toward white.

#8fc5ff

#a6d1ff

#bcdcff

#d2e8ff

#e9f3ff

Tones

Color #79baff mixed toward gray.

#84baf4

#8fbbe9

#9abbdd

#a6bbd2

#b1bcc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9af1 · ΔE 15.2

Deuteranopia

#9691ed · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#7de4e2 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79baff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79baff]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#79baff (#79baff) is rgb(121, 186, 255) in RGB.

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

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