#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
RGBrgb(121, 182, 249)
HSLhsl(211, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(211, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.47, -1.37, -39.23)
CIE-LCHlch(72.47, 39.25, 267.99°)
OKLaboklab(76.15% -0.0364 -0.1099)
OKLCHoklch(76.15% 0.116 251.7)
XYZxyz(41.7060, 44.3572, 95.9682)
Luminance0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##79B6F91.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

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

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#79B6F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva