#79B2EC#79B2EC

#79B2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2EC
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 236)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -2.96, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 34.83, 265.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0357 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.103 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9406, 41.9590, 85.3875)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2EC #ECB379

analogous

#79EBEC #79B2EC #7A79EC

triadic

#79B2EC #EC79B2 #B2EC79

tetradic

#79B2EC #EC79EB #ECB379 #79EC7A

square

#79B2EC #EC79EB #ECB379 #79EC7A

split-complementary

#79B2EC #EC7A79 #EBEC79

monochromatic

#1D75CD #4393E4 #79B2EC #AFD1F4 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#79B2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2EC

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2EC	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c8f2',
    500: '#79b2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ec;
$custom-light: #a5c8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.261,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2EC

secondary

#F0E1D0

accent

#740ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2EC

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

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