#79B4FC#79B4FC
#79B4FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #79B4FC |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(121, 180, 252) |
| HSL | hsl(213, 96%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(213, 52%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(52%, 28.6%, 0%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.05, 0.62, -41.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.05, 41.50, 270.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.86% -0.0332 -0.1165) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.86% 0.121 254.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.7710, 43.7325, 98.3166) |
| Luminance | 0.4374 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 2.79
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 2.84
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 7.25
Pastel Blue
#A2BFFE
ΔE00 7.25
Baby Blue (survey)
#A2CFFE
ΔE00 7.62
Lightblue (survey)
#7BC8F6
ΔE00 8.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#79B4FC #FCC179
analogous
#79F5FC #79B4FC #7F79FC
triadic
#79B4FC #FC79B4 #B4FC79
tetradic
#79B4FC #FC79F5 #FCC179 #79FC7F
square
#79B4FC #FC79F5 #FCC179 #79FC7F
split-complementary
#79B4FC #FC7F79 #F5FC79
monochromatic
#0571F5 #3D92FB #79B4FC #B5D6FD #E1EEFE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#79B4FC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.75
#79B4FC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #79B4FC
9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##79B4FC | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##79B4FC | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.75 | 9.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#97B8FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87ABFB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#31C4CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #79b4fc; /* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 252); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 254.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a7cafd',
500: '#79b4fc',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #79b4fc; $custom-light: #a7cafd; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#79b4fc",
"rgb": {
"r": 121,
"g": 180,
"b": 252
},
"hsl": {
"h": 212.977,
"s": 95.62,
"l": 73.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7586,
"c": 0.12117,
"h": 254.1
},
"luminance": 0.43736
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#79B4FC
secondary
#F7E7D4
accent
#7E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285