#79BAEA#79BAEA

#79BAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAEA
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 234)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -7.90, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 31.34, 255.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0457 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.096 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2901, 45.1203, 84.4119)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAEA #EAA979

analogous

#79EAE2 #79BAEA #7982EA

triadic

#79BAEA #EA79BA #BAEA79

tetradic

#79BAEA #E279EA #EAA979 #82EA79

square

#79BAEA #E279EA #EAA979 #82EA79

split-complementary

#79BAEA #EA7982 #EAE279

monochromatic

#2081C9 #449FE2 #79BAEA #AED5F2 #E3F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#79BAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAEA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAEA	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cef1',
    500: '#79baea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baea;
$custom-light: #a5cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.487,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76347,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAEA

secondary

#F0DDCF

accent

#6411D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAEA

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

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