#79B2EB#79B2EB

#79B2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.102 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2EB
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 235)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -3.25, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 34.38, 264.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.036 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.102 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7958, 41.9011, 84.6245)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2EB #EBB279

analogous

#79EBEB #79B2EB #7979EB

triadic

#79B2EB #EB79B2 #B2EB79

tetradic

#79B2EB #EB79EB #EBB279 #79EB79

square

#79B2EB #EB79EB #EBB279 #79EB79

split-complementary

#79B2EB #EB7979 #EBEB79

monochromatic

#1E75CB #4493E3 #79B2EB #AED1F3 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#79B2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2EB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2EB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.102 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f1',
    500: '#79b2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2eb;
$custom-light: #a5c8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2EB

secondary

#F0E0D0

accent

#730FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2EB

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

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