#79B4E7#79B4E7

#79B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.096 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E7
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -5.50, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 31.91, 260.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0397 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.096 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6252, 42.4742, 81.7488)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E7 #E7AC79

analogous

#79E7E3 #79B4E7 #797DE7

triadic

#79B4E7 #E779B4 #B4E779

tetradic

#79B4E7 #E379E7 #E7AC79 #7DE779

square

#79B4E7 #E379E7 #E7AC79 #7DE779

split-complementary

#79B4E7 #E7797D #E7E379

monochromatic

#2379C3 #4597DE #79B4E7 #ADD1F0 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#79B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E7

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E7	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.096 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caee',
    500: '#79b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e7;
$custom-light: #a5caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.818,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E7

secondary

#EEDDCE

accent

#6C14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E7

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

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