#79B3DA#79B3DA

#79B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.083 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3DA
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -8.60, -25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 26.93, 251.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0429 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.083 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6558, 41.3646, 72.3687)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3DA #DAA079

analogous

#79DAD1 #79B3DA #7983DA

triadic

#79B3DA #DA79B3 #B3DA79

tetradic

#79B3DA #D179DA #DAA079 #83DA79

square

#79B3DA #D179DA #DAA079 #83DA79

split-complementary

#79B3DA #DA7983 #DAD179

monochromatic

#2F78AA #4998CD #79B3DA #A9CEE7 #D9E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#79B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#79B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3DA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3DA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.083 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c9e5',
    500: '#79b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3da;
$custom-light: #a4c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.124,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3DA

secondary

#E7D4C8

accent

#6321C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3DA

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

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