#79BAE9#79BAE9

#79BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.095 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAE9
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -8.18, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 30.95, 254.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.046 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.095 241)
XYZ	xyz(40.1469, 45.0630, 83.6574)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAE9 #E9A879

analogous

#79E9E0 #79BAE9 #7982E9

triadic

#79BAE9 #E979BA #BAE979

tetradic

#79BAE9 #E079E9 #E9A879 #82E979

square

#79BAE9 #E079E9 #E9A879 #82E979

split-complementary

#79BAE9 #E97982 #E9E079

monochromatic

#2181C7 #449FE0 #79BAE9 #AED5F2 #E2F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#79BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAE9

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAE9	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.095 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef0',
    500: '#79bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bae9;
$custom-light: #a5cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.179,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.45066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAE9

secondary

#EFDCCF

accent

#6312D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAE9

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

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