#79BAE2#79BAE2

#79BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.088 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAE2
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -10.14, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 28.32, 249.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0484 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.088 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1667, 44.6709, 78.4952)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAE2 #E2A179

analogous

#79E2D5 #79BAE2 #7985E2

triadic

#79BAE2 #E279BA #BAE279

tetradic

#79BAE2 #D579E2 #E2A179 #85E279

square

#79BAE2 #D579E2 #E2A179 #85E279

split-complementary

#79BAE2 #E27985 #E2D579

monochromatic

#2882B9 #47A0D7 #79BAE2 #ABD4ED #DEEEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#79BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAE2

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAE2	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.088 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ceeb',
    500: '#79bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bae2;
$custom-light: #a5ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAE2

secondary

#EBD8CB

accent

#5D19CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAE2

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

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