#79BAED#79BAED

#79BAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.099 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAED
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -7.04, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 32.55, 257.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0447 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.099 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7247, 45.2941, 86.7010)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAED #EDAC79

analogous

#79EDE6 #79BAED #7980ED

triadic

#79BAED #ED79BA #BAED79

tetradic

#79BAED #E679ED #EDAC79 #80ED79

square

#79BAED #E679ED #EDAC79 #80ED79

split-complementary

#79BAED #ED7980 #EDE679

monochromatic

#1C81D0 #439EE6 #79BAED #AFD6F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#79BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAED

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAED	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.099 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cef3',
    500: '#79baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baed;
$custom-light: #a6cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.379,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAED

secondary

#F1DFD1

accent

#660DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAED

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

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