#79B4E2#79B4E2

#79B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.091 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E2
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -6.91, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 29.82, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0413 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.091 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9291, 42.1958, 78.0827)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E2 #E2A779

analogous

#79E2DC #79B4E2 #797FE2

triadic

#79B4E2 #E279B4 #B4E279

tetradic

#79B4E2 #DC79E2 #E2A779 #7FE279

square

#79B4E2 #DC79E2 #E2A779 #7FE279

split-complementary

#79B4E2 #E2797F #E2DC79

monochromatic

#2879B9 #4798D7 #79B4E2 #ABD0ED #DEECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#79B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#79B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E2

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E2	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#A0B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.091 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caeb',
    500: '#79b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e2;
$custom-light: #a5caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E2

secondary

#EBD9CB

accent

#6819CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E2

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

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