#79B5F8#79B5F8

#79B5F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5F8
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 248)
HSL	hsl(212, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 27%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -1.12, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 39.19, 268.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0355 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.115 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3464, 43.8868, 95.0809)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5F8 #F8BC79

analogous

#79F4F8 #79B5F8 #7D79F8

triadic

#79B5F8 #F879B5 #B5F879

tetradic

#79B5F8 #F879F4 #F8BC79 #79F87D

square

#79B5F8 #F879F4 #F8BC79 #79F87D

split-complementary

#79B5F8 #F87D79 #F4F879

monochromatic

#0C75EA #3F95F5 #79B5F8 #B3D5FB #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79B5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#79B5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5F8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5F8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB8FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cbfb',
    500: '#79b5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5f8;
$custom-light: #a7cbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.654,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75886,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5F8

secondary

#F6E6D5

accent

#7900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5F8

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

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