#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
RGBrgb(121, 179, 233)
HSLhsl(209, 72%, 69%)
HSVhsv(209, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(48.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.00, -4.38, -32.83)
CIE-LCHlch(71.00, 33.12, 262.40°)
OKLaboklab(74.78% -0.0378 -0.0916)
OKLCHoklch(74.78% 0.099 247.5)
XYZxyz(38.7081, 42.1855, 83.1779)
Luminance0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##79B3E91.002.239.449.44
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

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

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#79B3E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva