#79B2EE#79B2EE

#79B2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2EE
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -2.39, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.75, 266.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0351 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.106 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2328, 42.0759, 86.9264)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2EE #EEB579

analogous

#79EDEE #79B2EE #7A79EE

triadic

#79B2EE #EE79B2 #B2EE79

tetradic

#79B2EE #EE79ED #EEB579 #79EE7A

square

#79B2EE #EE79ED #EEB579 #79EE7A

split-complementary

#79B2EE #EE7A79 #EDEE79

monochromatic

#1B74D2 #4393E7 #79B2EE #AFD1F5 #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#79B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2EE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2EE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c8f3',
    500: '#79b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ee;
$custom-light: #a6c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2EE

secondary

#F1E2D1

accent

#750CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2EE

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

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