#79BAE1#79BAE1

#79BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.087 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAE1
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -10.42, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 27.97, 248.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0487 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.087 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0299, 44.6162, 77.7747)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAE1 #E1A079

analogous

#79E1D4 #79BAE1 #7986E1

triadic

#79BAE1 #E179BA #BAE179

tetradic

#79BAE1 #D479E1 #E1A079 #86E179

square

#79BAE1 #D479E1 #E1A079 #86E179

split-complementary

#79BAE1 #E17986 #E1D479

monochromatic

#2982B7 #47A0D6 #79BAE1 #ABD4EC #DDEDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#79BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAE1

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAE1	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.087 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ceea',
    500: '#79bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bae1;
$custom-light: #a5ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAE1

secondary

#EBD7CB

accent

#5D1ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAE1

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

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