#79B9F9#79B9F9

#79B9F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B9F9
RGB	rgb(121, 185, 249)
HSL	hsl(210, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -3.02, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 38.08, 265.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0397 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.113 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3270, 45.5991, 96.1752)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B9F9 #F9B979

analogous

#79F9F9 #79B9F9 #7979F9

triadic

#79B9F9 #F979B9 #B9F979

tetradic

#79B9F9 #F979F9 #F9B979 #79F979

square

#79B9F9 #F979F9 #F9B979 #79F979

split-complementary

#79B9F9 #F97979 #F9F979

monochromatic

#0B7CED #3E9AF6 #79B9F9 #B4D8FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79B9F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#79B9F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B9F9

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B9F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B9F9	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAEF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b9f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 185, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cdfb',
    500: '#79b9f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b9f9;
$custom-light: #a7cdfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b9f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76789,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B9F9

secondary

#F6E6D5

accent

#7300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B9F9

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

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