#79B4E5#79B4E5

#79B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.094 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E5
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -6.06, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 31.06, 258.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0403 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.094 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3444, 42.3619, 80.2696)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E5 #E5AA79

analogous

#79E5E0 #79B4E5 #797EE5

triadic

#79B4E5 #E579B4 #B4E579

tetradic

#79B4E5 #E079E5 #E5AA79 #7EE579

square

#79B4E5 #E079E5 #E5AA79 #7EE579

split-complementary

#79B4E5 #E5797E #E5E079

monochromatic

#2579BF #4697DB #79B4E5 #ACD1EF #E0EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#79B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#79B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E5	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.094 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caed',
    500: '#79b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e5;
$custom-light: #a5caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.222,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E5

secondary

#EDDBCD

accent

#6A16CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E5

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

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