#79B9F8#79B9F8

#79B9F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.112 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B9F8
RGB	rgb(121, 185, 248)
HSL	hsl(210, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 25.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -3.32, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 37.63, 264.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.04 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.112 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1714, 45.5369, 95.3560)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B9F8 #F8B879

analogous

#79F8F8 #79B9F8 #7979F8

triadic

#79B9F8 #F879B9 #B9F879

tetradic

#79B9F8 #F879F8 #F8B879 #79F879

square

#79B9F8 #F879F8 #F8B879 #79F879

split-complementary

#79B9F8 #F87979 #F8F879

monochromatic

#0C7CEA #3F9BF5 #79B9F8 #B3D7FB #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79B9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#79B9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B9F8

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B9F8	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBBFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAEF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35C8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 185, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.112 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cdfa',
    500: '#79b9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b9f8;
$custom-light: #a7cdfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.764,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76744,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B9F8

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#7200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B9F8

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

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