#79ABEB#79ABEB

#79ABEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABEB
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 0.63, -37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 37.20, 270.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0279 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.108 255)
XYZ	xyz(37.4384, 39.1863, 84.1720)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABEB #EBB979

analogous

#79E4EB #79ABEB #8079EB

triadic

#79ABEB #EB79AB #ABEB79

tetradic

#79ABEB #EB79E4 #EBB979 #79EB80

square

#79ABEB #EB79E4 #EBB979 #79EB80

split-complementary

#79ABEB #EB8079 #E4EB79

monochromatic

#1E6ACB #448AE3 #79ABEB #AECCF3 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79ABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#79ABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABEB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABEB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f1',
    500: '#79abeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abeb;
$custom-light: #a5c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.684,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABEB

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#7F0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABEB

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

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