#79B5E9#79B5E9

#79B5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.098 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5E9
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -5.47, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 32.44, 260.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0402 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.098 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1119, 42.9930, 83.3125)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5E9 #E9AD79

analogous

#79E9E5 #79B5E9 #797DE9

triadic

#79B5E9 #E979B5 #B5E979

tetradic

#79B5E9 #E579E9 #E9AD79 #7DE979

square

#79B5E9 #E579E9 #E9AD79 #7DE979

split-complementary

#79B5E9 #E9797D #E9E579

monochromatic

#217AC7 #4498E0 #79B5E9 #AED2F2 #E2EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79B5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#79B5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5E9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5E9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.098 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cbf0',
    500: '#79b5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5e9;
$custom-light: #a5cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5E9

secondary

#EFDECF

accent

#6C12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5E9

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

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