#79B1EA#79B1EA

#79B1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.102 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B1EA
RGBrgb(121, 177, 234)
HSLhsl(210, 73%, 70%)
HSVhsv(210, 48%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.49, -2.99, -34.17)
CIE-LCHlch(70.49, 34.30, 265.00°)
OKLaboklab(74.39% -0.0352 -0.0954)
OKLCHoklch(74.39% 0.102 249.8)
XYZxyz(38.4535, 41.4470, 83.7997)
Luminance0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B1EA #EAB279
analogous
#79EAEA #79B1EA #7979EA
triadic
#79B1EA #EA79B1 #B1EA79
tetradic
#79B1EA #EA79EA #EAB279 #79EA79
square
#79B1EA #EA79EA #EAB279 #79EA79
split-complementary
#79B1EA #EA7979 #EAEA79
monochromatic
#2074C9 #4492E2 #79B1EA #AED0F2 #E3EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#79B1EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#79B1EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B1EA
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B1EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B1EA1.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB3ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA7E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#45BEC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.102 249.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f1',
    500: '#79b1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b1ea;
$custom-light: #a5c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.265,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B1EA
secondary
#F0E0CF
accent
#7411D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

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#79B1EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva