#79BAEF#79BAEF

#79BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.101 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAEF
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -6.47, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 33.38, 258.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.044 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.101 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0186, 45.4116, 88.2484)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAEF #EFAE79

analogous

#79EFE9 #79BAEF #797FEF

triadic

#79BAEF #EF79BA #BAEF79

tetradic

#79BAEF #E979EF #EFAE79 #7FEF79

square

#79BAEF #E979EF #EFAE79 #7FEF79

split-complementary

#79BAEF #EF797F #EFE979

monochromatic

#1980D4 #429EE8 #79BAEF #B0D6F6 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#79BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAEF

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAEF	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.101 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cef4',
    500: '#79baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baef;
$custom-light: #a6cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.949,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76562,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAEF

secondary

#F2E0D2

accent

#680BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAEF

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

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