#79B3E2#79B3E2

#79B3E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.091 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3E2
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -6.37, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 30.12, 257.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0401 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.091 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7280, 41.7935, 78.0156)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3E2 #E2A879

analogous

#79E2DC #79B3E2 #797EE2

triadic

#79B3E2 #E279B3 #B3E279

tetradic

#79B3E2 #DC79E2 #E2A879 #7EE279

square

#79B3E2 #DC79E2 #E2A879 #7EE279

split-complementary

#79B3E2 #E2797E #E2DC79

monochromatic

#2878B9 #4796D7 #79B3E2 #ABD0ED #DEECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#79B3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3E2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3E2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.091 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c9eb',
    500: '#79b3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3e2;
$custom-light: #a5c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3E2

secondary

#EBDACB

accent

#6919CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3E2

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

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