#79B8F5#79B8F5

#79B8F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B8F5
RGBrgb(121, 184, 245)
HSLhsl(210, 86%, 72%)
HSVhsv(210, 51%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(50.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.85, -3.65, -36.47)
CIE-LCHlch(72.85, 36.65, 264.29°)
OKLaboklab(76.39% -0.0398 -0.102)
OKLCHoklch(76.39% 0.11 248.7)
XYZxyz(41.5013, 44.9353, 92.8549)
Luminance0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B8F5 #F5B679
analogous
#79F5F4 #79B8F5 #797AF5
triadic
#79B8F5 #F579B8 #B8F579
tetradic
#79B8F5 #F479F5 #F5B679 #7AF579
square
#79B8F5 #F479F5 #F5B679 #7AF579
split-complementary
#79B8F5 #F5797A #F5F479
monochromatic
#117BE3 #409AF1 #79B8F5 #B2D6F9 #E3F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#79B8F5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99
#79B8F5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8F5
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B8F5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B8F51.002.109.999.99
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9921.001.001.00
##0000009.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FBAF8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FADF4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38C6CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b8f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 248.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cdf8',
    500: '#79b8f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b8f5;
$custom-light: #a6cdf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b8f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.516,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76393,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B8F5
secondary
#F5E5D5
accent
#7103E3
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#79B8F5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva