#79B2EA#79B2EA

#79B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2EA
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -3.54, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 33.93, 264.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0364 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.101 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6517, 41.8435, 83.8658)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2EA #EAB179

analogous

#79EAEA #79B2EA #7979EA

triadic

#79B2EA #EA79B2 #B2EA79

tetradic

#79B2EA #EA79EA #EAB179 #79EA79

square

#79B2EA #EA79EA #EAB179 #79EA79

split-complementary

#79B2EA #EA7979 #EAEA79

monochromatic

#2075C9 #4494E2 #79B2EA #AED0F2 #E3EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#79B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2EA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2EA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f1',
    500: '#79b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ea;
$custom-light: #a5c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.735,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2EA

secondary

#F0DFCF

accent

#7211D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2EA

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

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