#79B4DD#79B4DD

#79B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.085 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4DD
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -8.31, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 27.83, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.043 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.085 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2530, 41.9253, 74.5219)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4DD #DDA279

analogous

#79DDD4 #79B4DD #7982DD

triadic

#79B4DD #DD79B4 #B4DD79

tetradic

#79B4DD #D479DD #DDA279 #82DD79

square

#79B4DD #D479DD #DDA279 #82DD79

split-complementary

#79B4DD #DD7982 #DDD479

monochromatic

#2C7AAF #4899D1 #79B4DD #AACFE9 #DBEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#79B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#79B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4DD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4DD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.085 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cae7',
    500: '#79b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4dd;
$custom-light: #a4cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.08533,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4DD

secondary

#E9D6C9

accent

#641EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4DD

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

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