#79B0E8#79B0E8

#79B0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0E8
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(210, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -3.02, -33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 33.76, 264.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0346 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.1 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9710, 40.9391, 82.2294)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0E8 #E8B179

analogous

#79E8E8 #79B0E8 #7A79E8

triadic

#79B0E8 #E879B0 #B0E879

tetradic

#79B0E8 #E879E8 #E8B179 #79E87A

square

#79B0E8 #E879E8 #E8B179 #79E87A

split-complementary

#79B0E8 #E87A79 #E8E879

monochromatic

#2273C5 #4591DF #79B0E8 #ADCFF1 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79B0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#79B0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0E8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0E8	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c7ef',
    500: '#79b0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0e8;
$custom-light: #a5c7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.27,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0E8

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7413D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0E8

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

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