#79B5DA#79B5DA

#79B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.082 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5DA
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -9.68, -24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 26.50, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0453 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.082 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0595, 42.1721, 72.5033)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5DA #DA9E79

analogous

#79DACF #79B5DA #7985DA

triadic

#79B5DA #DA79B5 #B5DA79

tetradic

#79B5DA #CF79DA #DA9E79 #85DA79

square

#79B5DA #CF79DA #DA9E79 #85DA79

split-complementary

#79B5DA #DA7985 #DACF79

monochromatic

#2F7BAA #499BCD #79B5DA #A9CFE7 #D9EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#79B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5DA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5DA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.082 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cbe5',
    500: '#79b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5da;
$custom-light: #a4cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.887,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5DA

secondary

#E7D4C8

accent

#5F21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5DA

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

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