#79BAEB#79BAEB

#79BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.097 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAEB
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -7.61, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 31.74, 256.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0453 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.097 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4342, 45.1779, 85.1706)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAEB #EBAA79

analogous

#79EBE3 #79BAEB #7981EB

triadic

#79BAEB #EB79BA #BAEB79

tetradic

#79BAEB #E379EB #EBAA79 #81EB79

square

#79BAEB #E379EB #EBAA79 #81EB79

split-complementary

#79BAEB #EB7981 #EBE379

monochromatic

#1E81CB #449FE3 #79BAEB #AED5F3 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#79BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAEB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAEB	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.097 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cef1',
    500: '#79baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baeb;
$custom-light: #a6cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAEB

secondary

#F0DED0

accent

#650FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAEB

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

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