#79B0F9#79B0F9

#79B0F9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0F9
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 249)
HSL	hsl(214, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 1.96, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 41.82, 272.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0296 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.121 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5035, 41.9521, 95.5674)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0F9 #F9C279

analogous

#79F0F9 #79B0F9 #8279F9

triadic

#79B0F9 #F979B0 #B0F979

tetradic

#79B0F9 #F979F0 #F9C279 #79F982

square

#79B0F9 #F979F0 #F9C279 #79F982

split-complementary

#79B0F9 #F98279 #F0F979

monochromatic

#0B6CED #3E8DF6 #79B0F9 #B4D3FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B0F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#79B0F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0F9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0F9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c7fb',
    500: '#79b0f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0f9;
$custom-light: #a7c7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.219,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0F9

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0F9

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

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