#79B5FA#79B5FA

#79B5FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5FA
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 250)
HSL	hsl(212, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -0.53, -40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 40.13, 269.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0349 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.118 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6583, 44.0116, 96.7238)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5FA #FABE79

analogous

#79F6FA #79B5FA #7D79FA

triadic

#79B5FA #FA79B5 #B5FA79

tetradic

#79B5FA #FA79F6 #FABE79 #79FA7D

square

#79B5FA #FA79F6 #FABE79 #79FA7D

split-complementary

#79B5FA #FA7D79 #F6FA79

monochromatic

#0974F0 #3E94F8 #79B5FA #B4D6FC #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79B5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#79B5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5FA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5FA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B8FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cafc',
    500: '#79b5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5fa;
$custom-light: #a7cafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.093,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75979,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5FA

secondary

#F6E7D5

accent

#7B00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5FA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →