#79B4E8#79B4E8

#79B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.097 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E8
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -5.21, -31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 32.34, 260.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0393 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.097 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7668, 42.5309, 82.4947)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E8 #E8AD79

analogous

#79E8E5 #79B4E8 #797DE8

triadic

#79B4E8 #E879B4 #B4E879

tetradic

#79B4E8 #E579E8 #E8AD79 #7DE879

square

#79B4E8 #E579E8 #E8AD79 #7DE879

split-complementary

#79B4E8 #E8797D #E8E579

monochromatic

#2278C5 #4597DF #79B4E8 #ADD1F1 #E1EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#79B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.097 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caef',
    500: '#79b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e8;
$custom-light: #a5caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.108,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E8

secondary

#EFDDCE

accent

#6D13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E8

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

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