#79B4FE#79B4FE

#79B4FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B4FE
RGBrgb(121, 180, 254)
HSLhsl(213, 99%, 74%)
HSVhsv(213, 52%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(52.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.13, 1.22, -42.45)
CIE-LCHlch(72.13, 42.46, 271.64°)
OKLaboklab(75.96% -0.0327 -0.1193)
OKLCHoklch(75.96% 0.124 254.7)
XYZxyz(42.0896, 43.8600, 99.9946)
Luminance0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B4FE #FEC379
analogous
#79F7FE #79B4FE #8079FE
triadic
#79B4FE #FE79B4 #B4FE79
tetradic
#79B4FE #FE79F7 #FEC379 #79FE80
square
#79B4FE #FE79F7 #FEC379 #79FE80
split-complementary
#79B4FE #FE8079 #F7FE79
monochromatic
#0270FB #3C92FE #79B4FE #B6D6FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#79B4FE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77
#79B4FE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4FE
9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B4FE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B4FE1.002.159.779.77
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7721.001.001.00
##0000009.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96B8FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86ABFC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2EC5CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b4fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 254.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7caff',
    500: '#79b4fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b4fe;
$custom-light: #a7caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b4fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.383,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B4FE
secondary
#F7E7D4
accent
#8000E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101318
muted
#7F8286

Preview Lab

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#79B4FE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva