#79BAEC#79BAEC

#79BAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.098 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAEC
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -7.33, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 32.14, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.045 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.098 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5790, 45.2358, 85.9337)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAEC #ECAB79

analogous

#79ECE4 #79BAEC #7981EC

triadic

#79BAEC #EC79BA #BAEC79

tetradic

#79BAEC #E479EC #ECAB79 #81EC79

square

#79BAEC #E479EC #ECAB79 #81EC79

split-complementary

#79BAEC #EC7981 #ECE479

monochromatic

#1D81CD #439EE4 #79BAEC #AFD6F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#79BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAEC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAEC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.098 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cef2',
    500: '#79baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baec;
$custom-light: #a6cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAEC

secondary

#F0DED0

accent

#660ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAEC

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

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