#79BADE#79BADE

#79BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BADE
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -11.25, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 26.95, 245.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0498 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.084 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6242, 44.4539, 75.6382)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BADE #DE9D79

analogous

#79DECF #79BADE #7988DE

triadic

#79BADE #DE79BA #BADE79

tetradic

#79BADE #CF79DE #DE9D79 #88DE79

square

#79BADE #CF79DE #DE9D79 #88DE79

split-complementary

#79BADE #DE7988 #DECF79

monochromatic

#2C81B1 #48A1D2 #79BADE #AAD3EA #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#79BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BADE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BADE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cee8',
    500: '#79bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bade;
$custom-light: #a4cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.386,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75853,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BADE

secondary

#E9D5C9

accent

#5A1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BADE

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

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