#79B8EA#79B8EA

#79B8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.097 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8EA
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -6.82, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 31.92, 257.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0433 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.097 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8717, 44.2835, 84.2724)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8EA #EAAB79

analogous

#79EAE4 #79B8EA #7980EA

triadic

#79B8EA #EA79B8 #B8EA79

tetradic

#79B8EA #E479EA #EAAB79 #80EA79

square

#79B8EA #E479EA #EAAB79 #80EA79

split-complementary

#79B8EA #EA7980 #EAE479

monochromatic

#207EC9 #449CE2 #79B8EA #AED4F2 #E3F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79B8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#79B8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8EA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8EA	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.097 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cdf1',
    500: '#79b8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8ea;
$custom-light: #a5cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.549,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8EA

secondary

#F0DECF

accent

#6711D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8EA

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

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