#79B6F9#79B6F9

#79B6F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B6F9
RGB	rgb(121, 182, 249)
HSL	hsl(211, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -1.37, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 39.25, 267.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0364 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.116 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7060, 44.3572, 95.9682)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B6F9 #F9BC79

analogous

#79F6F9 #79B6F9 #7C79F9

triadic

#79B6F9 #F979B6 #B6F979

tetradic

#79B6F9 #F979F6 #F9BC79 #79F97C

square

#79B6F9 #F979F6 #F9BC79 #79F97C

split-complementary

#79B6F9 #F97C79 #F6F979

monochromatic

#0B76ED #3E96F6 #79B6F9 #B4D6FC #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79B6F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#79B6F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B6F9

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B6F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B6F9	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b6f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 182, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cbfb',
    500: '#79b6f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b6f9;
$custom-light: #a7cbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b6f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B6F9

secondary

#F6E6D5

accent

#7800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B6F9

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

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