#79B4F9#79B4F9

#79B4F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4F9
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 249)
HSL	hsl(212, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -0.27, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 40.08, 269.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0341 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.117 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2994, 43.5439, 95.8327)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4F9 #F9BE79

analogous

#79F4F9 #79B4F9 #7E79F9

triadic

#79B4F9 #F979B4 #B4F979

tetradic

#79B4F9 #F979F4 #F9BE79 #79F97E

square

#79B4F9 #F979F4 #F9BE79 #79F97E

split-complementary

#79B4F9 #F97E79 #F4F979

monochromatic

#0B73ED #3E93F6 #79B4F9 #B4D5FC #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79B4F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#79B4F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4F9

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4F9	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ABF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cafb',
    500: '#79b4f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4f9;
$custom-light: #a7cafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.344,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75719,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4F9

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4F9

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

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