#79BAF9#79BAF9

#79BAF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BAF9
RGBrgb(121, 186, 249)
HSLhsl(210, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(210, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.56, -3.57, -37.53)
CIE-LCHlch(73.56, 37.70, 264.56°)
OKLaboklab(77% -0.0409 -0.105)
OKLCHoklch(77% 0.113 248.7)
XYZxyz(42.5369, 46.0190, 96.2452)
Luminance0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BAF9 #F9B879
analogous
#79F9F8 #79BAF9 #797AF9
triadic
#79BAF9 #F979BA #BAF979
tetradic
#79BAF9 #F879F9 #F9B879 #7AF979
square
#79BAF9 #F879F9 #F9B879 #7AF979
split-complementary
#79BAF9 #F9797A #F9F879
monochromatic
#0B7EED #3E9CF6 #79BAF9 #B4D8FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#79BAF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20
#79BAF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAF9
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BAF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BAF91.002.0610.2010.20
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2021.001.001.00
##00000010.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0BCFC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#90AFF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33C9D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79baf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 248.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cefb',
    500: '#79baf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79baf9;
$custom-light: #a7cefb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79baf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.531,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77004,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BAF9
secondary
#F6E5D5
accent
#7100E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#79BAF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva