#79B2E9#79B2E9

#79B2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2E9
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -3.83, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 33.48, 263.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0367 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.1 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5085, 41.7862, 83.1113)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2E9 #E9B079

analogous

#79E9E8 #79B2E9 #797AE9

triadic

#79B2E9 #E979B2 #B2E979

tetradic

#79B2E9 #E879E9 #E9B079 #7AE979

square

#79B2E9 #E879E9 #E9B079 #7AE979

split-complementary

#79B2E9 #E9797A #E9E879

monochromatic

#2175C7 #4494E0 #79B2E9 #AED0F2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#79B2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2E9

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2E9	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f0',
    500: '#79b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2e9;
$custom-light: #a5c8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.464,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2E9

secondary

#EFDFCF

accent

#7112D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2E9

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

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