#79B2E8#79B2E8

#79B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2E8
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -4.12, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 33.03, 262.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.037 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.099 248)
XYZ	xyz(38.3660, 41.7292, 82.3611)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2E8 #E8AF79

analogous

#79E8E7 #79B2E8 #797BE8

triadic

#79B2E8 #E879B2 #B2E879

tetradic

#79B2E8 #E779E8 #E8AF79 #7BE879

square

#79B2E8 #E779E8 #E8AF79 #7BE879

split-complementary

#79B2E8 #E8797B #E8E779

monochromatic

#2276C5 #4594DF #79B2E8 #ADD0F1 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#79B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#79B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2E8

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2E8	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8ef',
    500: '#79b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2e8;
$custom-light: #a5c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2E8

secondary

#EFDECE

accent

#7013D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2E8

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

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