#79B4E6#79B4E6

#79B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.095 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E6
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -5.78, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 31.49, 259.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.04 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.095 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4844, 42.4179, 81.0071)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E6 #E6AB79

analogous

#79E6E2 #79B4E6 #797EE6

triadic

#79B4E6 #E679B4 #B4E679

tetradic

#79B4E6 #E279E6 #E6AB79 #7EE679

square

#79B4E6 #E279E6 #E6AB79 #7EE679

split-complementary

#79B4E6 #E6797E #E6E279

monochromatic

#2479C1 #4597DC #79B4E6 #ADD1F0 #E0EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#79B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E6

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E6	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.095 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caee',
    500: '#79b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e6;
$custom-light: #a5caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.523,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E6

secondary

#EEDCCD

accent

#6B15D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E6

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

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