#79B2ED#79B2ED

#79B2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2ED
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 237)
HSL	hsl(211, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -2.68, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 35.29, 265.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0354 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.105 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0863, 42.0173, 86.1548)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2ED #EDB479

analogous

#79ECED #79B2ED #7A79ED

triadic

#79B2ED #ED79B2 #B2ED79

tetradic

#79B2ED #ED79EC #EDB479 #79ED7A

square

#79B2ED #ED79EC #EDB479 #79ED7A

split-complementary

#79B2ED #ED7A79 #ECED79

monochromatic

#1C74D0 #4393E6 #79B2ED #AFD1F4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#79B2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2ED

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2ED	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c8f3',
    500: '#79b2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ed;
$custom-light: #a6c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.517,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2ED

secondary

#F1E1D1

accent

#750DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2ED

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

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