#79B7E8#79B7E8

#79B7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.095 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B7E8
RGB	rgb(121, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -6.84, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 31.40, 257.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0428 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.095 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3790, 43.7552, 82.6988)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B7E8 #E8AA79

analogous

#79E8E1 #79B7E8 #7980E8

triadic

#79B7E8 #E879B7 #B7E879

tetradic

#79B7E8 #E179E8 #E8AA79 #80E879

square

#79B7E8 #E179E8 #E8AA79 #80E879

split-complementary

#79B7E8 #E87980 #E8E179

monochromatic

#227DC5 #459BDF #79B7E8 #ADD3F1 #E1EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79B7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#79B7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B7E8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B7E8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.095 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ccef',
    500: '#79b7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b7e8;
$custom-light: #a5ccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.486,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B7E8

secondary

#EFDDCE

accent

#6813D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B7E8

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

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