#79B3E9#79B3E9

#79B3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3E9
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -4.38, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 33.12, 262.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0378 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.099 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7081, 42.1855, 83.1779)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3E9 #E9AF79

analogous

#79E9E7 #79B3E9 #797BE9

triadic

#79B3E9 #E979B3 #B3E979

tetradic

#79B3E9 #E779E9 #E9AF79 #7BE979

square

#79B3E9 #E779E9 #E9AF79 #7BE979

split-complementary

#79B3E9 #E9797B #E9E779

monochromatic

#2177C7 #4495E0 #79B3E9 #AED1F2 #E2EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#79B3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3E9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3E9	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c9f0',
    500: '#79b3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3e9;
$custom-light: #a5c9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3E9

secondary

#EFDECF

accent

#6F12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3E9

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

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