#79B4E1#79B4E1

#79B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.090 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E1
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -7.19, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 29.41, 255.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0416 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.09 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7923, 42.1410, 77.3621)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E1 #E1A679

analogous

#79E1DA #79B4E1 #7980E1

triadic

#79B4E1 #E179B4 #B4E179

tetradic

#79B4E1 #DA79E1 #E1A679 #80E179

square

#79B4E1 #DA79E1 #E1A679 #80E179

split-complementary

#79B4E1 #E17980 #E1DA79

monochromatic

#2979B7 #4798D6 #79B4E1 #ABD0EC #DDECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#79B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E1

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E1	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.090 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caea',
    500: '#79b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e1;
$custom-light: #a5caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E1

secondary

#EBD9CB

accent

#671ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E1

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

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