#79BAEE#79BAEE

#79BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.100 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAEE
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -6.76, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 32.96, 258.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0443 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.1 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8712, 45.3527, 87.4725)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAEE #EEAD79

analogous

#79EEE8 #79BAEE #797FEE

triadic

#79BAEE #EE79BA #BAEE79

tetradic

#79BAEE #E879EE #EEAD79 #7FEE79

square

#79BAEE #E879EE #EEAD79 #7FEE79

split-complementary

#79BAEE #EE797F #EEE879

monochromatic

#1B80D2 #439EE7 #79BAEE #AFD6F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#79BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAEE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAEE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.100 243.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAEE

secondary

#F1E0D1

accent

#670CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAEE

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

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