#79ABE9#79ABE9

#79ABE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE9
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 0.05, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 36.24, 270.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0285 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.105 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1511, 39.0714, 82.6588)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE9 #E9B779

analogous

#79E3E9 #79ABE9 #7F79E9

triadic

#79ABE9 #E979AB #ABE979

tetradic

#79ABE9 #E979E3 #E9B779 #79E97F

square

#79ABE9 #E979E3 #E9B779 #79E97F

split-complementary

#79ABE9 #E97F79 #E3E979

monochromatic

#216BC7 #448AE0 #79ABE9 #AECCF2 #E2EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#79ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE9

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE9	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f0',
    500: '#79abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe9;
$custom-light: #a5c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73053,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE9

secondary

#EFE1CF

accent

#7D12D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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