#79BAF8#79BAF8

#79BAF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAF8
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 248)
HSL	hsl(209, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -3.86, -37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 37.26, 264.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0412 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.112 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3814, 45.9568, 95.4259)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAF8 #F8B779

analogous

#79F8F6 #79BAF8 #797BF8

triadic

#79BAF8 #F879BA #BAF879

tetradic

#79BAF8 #F679F8 #F8B779 #7BF879

square

#79BAF8 #F679F8 #F8B779 #7BF879

split-complementary

#79BAF8 #F8797B #F8F679

monochromatic

#0C7EEA #3F9CF5 #79BAF8 #B3D8FB #E2F0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#79BAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAF8

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAF8	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BCFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AFF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79baf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cefa',
    500: '#79baf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79baf8;
$custom-light: #a7cefa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79baf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.291,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76959,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAF8

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#7000E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAF8

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

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