#79B5FD#79B5FD

#79B5FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5FD
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 253)
HSL	hsl(213, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 0.36, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 41.55, 270.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0341 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.122 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1325, 44.2013, 99.2209)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5FD #FDC179

analogous

#79F7FD #79B5FD #7F79FD

triadic

#79B5FD #FD79B5 #B5FD79

tetradic

#79B5FD #FD79F7 #FDC179 #79FD7F

square

#79B5FD #FD79F7 #FDC179 #79FD7F

split-complementary

#79B5FD #FD7F79 #F7FD79

monochromatic

#0473F8 #3D94FC #79B5FD #B5D6FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79B5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#79B5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5FD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5FD	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30C5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cafe',
    500: '#79b5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5fd;
$custom-light: #a7cafe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7612,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5FD

secondary

#F7E7D4

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5FD

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

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