#79B8F9#79B8F9

#79B8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B8F9
RGBrgb(121, 184, 249)
HSLhsl(210, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(210, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.01, -2.48, -38.38)
CIE-LCHlch(73.01, 38.46, 266.31°)
OKLaboklab(76.58% -0.0386 -0.1075)
OKLCHoklch(76.58% 0.114 250.2)
XYZxyz(42.1185, 45.1822, 96.1057)
Luminance0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B8F9 #F9BA79
analogous
#79F8F9 #79B8F9 #7A79F9
triadic
#79B8F9 #F979B8 #B8F979
tetradic
#79B8F9 #F979F8 #F9BA79 #79F97A
square
#79B8F9 #F979F8 #F9BA79 #79F97A
split-complementary
#79B8F9 #F97A79 #F8F979
monochromatic
#0B7AED #3E99F6 #79B8F9 #B4D7FC #E2EFFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#79B8F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04
#79B8F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8F9
10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B8F9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B8F91.002.0910.0410.04
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0421.001.001.00
##00000010.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9EBAFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DAEF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#34C7CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 250.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cdfb',
    500: '#79b8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b8f9;
$custom-light: #a7cdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.469,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B8F9
secondary
#F6E6D5
accent
#7500E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#79B8F9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva