#79B0E9#79B0E9

#79B0E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0E9
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -2.73, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 34.22, 265.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0343 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.101 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1134, 40.9961, 82.9796)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0E9 #E9B279

analogous

#79E8E9 #79B0E9 #7A79E9

triadic

#79B0E9 #E979B0 #B0E979

tetradic

#79B0E9 #E979E8 #E9B279 #79E97A

square

#79B0E9 #E979E8 #E9B279 #79E97A

split-complementary

#79B0E9 #E97A79 #E8E979

monochromatic

#2172C7 #4491E0 #79B0E9 #AECFF2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79B0E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#79B0E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0E9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0E9	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c7f0',
    500: '#79b0e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0e9;
$custom-light: #a5c7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.536,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0E9

secondary

#EFDFCF

accent

#7412D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0E9

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

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