#79B4E9#79B4E9

#79B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.098 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4E9
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -4.92, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.78, 261.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.039 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.098 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9093, 42.5878, 83.2449)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4E9 #E9AE79

analogous

#79E9E6 #79B4E9 #797CE9

triadic

#79B4E9 #E979B4 #B4E979

tetradic

#79B4E9 #E679E9 #E9AE79 #7CE979

square

#79B4E9 #E679E9 #E9AE79 #7CE979

split-complementary

#79B4E9 #E9797C #E9E679

monochromatic

#2178C7 #4497E0 #79B4E9 #AED1F2 #E2EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#79B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#79B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4E9

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4E9	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.098 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5caf0',
    500: '#79b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4e9;
$custom-light: #a5caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.393,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4E9

secondary

#EFDECF

accent

#6E12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4E9

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

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