#79B5FE#79B5FE

#79B5FE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.123 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B5FE
RGBrgb(121, 181, 254)
HSLhsl(213, 99%, 74%)
HSVhsv(213, 52%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(52.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.41, 0.66, -42.02)
CIE-LCHlch(72.41, 42.03, 270.90°)
OKLaboklab(76.17% -0.0338 -0.118)
OKLCHoklch(76.17% 0.123 254)
XYZxyz(42.2922, 44.2652, 100.0621)
Luminance0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B5FE #FEC279
analogous
#79F8FE #79B5FE #7F79FE
triadic
#79B5FE #FE79B5 #B5FE79
tetradic
#79B5FE #FE79F8 #FEC279 #79FE7F
square
#79B5FE #FE79F8 #FEC279 #79FE7F
split-complementary
#79B5FE #FE7F79 #F8FE79
monochromatic
#0272FB #3C93FE #79B5FE #B6D7FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#79B5FE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85
#79B5FE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5FE
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B5FE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B5FE1.002.139.859.85
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8521.001.001.00
##0000009.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98B9FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87ACFC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2EC5CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b5fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.123 254.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7caff',
    500: '#79b5fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b5fe;
$custom-light: #a7caff;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b5fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.932,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76167,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.44268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B5FE
secondary
#F7E7D4
accent
#7E00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101318
muted
#7F8286

Preview Lab

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#79B5FE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva