#79B4E4#79B4E4

#79B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.093 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E4
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -6.35, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 30.65, 258.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0406 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.093 244)
XYZ	xyz(38.2051, 42.3062, 79.5364)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E4 #E4A979

analogous

#79E4DF #79B4E4 #797EE4

triadic

#79B4E4 #E479B4 #B4E479

tetradic

#79B4E4 #DF79E4 #E4A979 #7EE479

square

#79B4E4 #DF79E4 #E4A979 #7EE479

split-complementary

#79B4E4 #E4797E #E4DF79

monochromatic

#2679BD #4697DA #79B4E4 #ACD1EE #DFEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#79B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#79B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E4

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E4	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.093 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caec',
    500: '#79b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e4;
$custom-light: #a5caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.916,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.42309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E4

secondary

#ECDBCC

accent

#6917CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E4

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

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