#79B1F9#79B1F9

#79B1F9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B1F9
RGBrgb(121, 177, 249)
HSLhsl(214, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(214, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.11, 1.40, -41.35)
CIE-LCHlch(71.11, 41.37, 271.94°)
OKLaboklab(75.08% -0.0307 -0.1161)
OKLCHoklch(75.08% 0.12 255.2)
XYZxyz(40.7003, 42.3457, 95.6330)
Luminance0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B1F9 #F9C179
analogous
#79F1F9 #79B1F9 #8179F9
triadic
#79B1F9 #F979B1 #B1F979
tetradic
#79B1F9 #F979F1 #F9C179 #79F981
square
#79B1F9 #F979F1 #F9C179 #79F981
split-complementary
#79B1F9 #F98179 #F1F979
monochromatic
#0B6EED #3E8FF6 #79B1F9 #B4D3FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#79B1F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#79B1F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B1F9
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B1F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B1F91.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94B5FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A8F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#36C1CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b1f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 255.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c8fb',
    500: '#79b1f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b1f9;
$custom-light: #a7c8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b1f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B1F9
secondary
#F6E8D5
accent
#8100E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#79B1F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva