#79B2F9#79B2F9

#79B2F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B2F9
RGBrgb(121, 178, 249)
HSLhsl(213, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(213, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.38, 0.84, -40.92)
CIE-LCHlch(71.38, 40.93, 271.18°)
OKLaboklab(75.29% -0.0319 -0.1149)
OKLCHoklch(75.29% 0.119 254.5)
XYZxyz(40.8985, 42.7422, 95.6990)
Luminance0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B2F9 #F9C079
analogous
#79F2F9 #79B2F9 #8079F9
triadic
#79B2F9 #F979B2 #B2F979
tetradic
#79B2F9 #F979F2 #F9C079 #79F980
square
#79B2F9 #F979F2 #F9C079 #79F980
split-complementary
#79B2F9 #F98079 #F2F979
monochromatic
#0B6FED #3E90F6 #79B2F9 #B4D4FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#79B2F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55
#79B2F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2F9
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B2F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B2F91.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96B6FC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A9F8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#36C2CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b2f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 254.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c8fb',
    500: '#79b2f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b2f9;
$custom-light: #a7c8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b2f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.281,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B2F9
secondary
#F6E7D5
accent
#7F00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#79B2F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva