#79BAFA#79BAFA

#79BAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAFA
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(210, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -3.28, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 38.15, 265.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0405 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.114 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6933, 46.0815, 97.0688)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAFA #FAB979

analogous

#79FAF9 #79BAFA #797AFA

triadic

#79BAFA #FA79BA #BAFA79

tetradic

#79BAFA #F979FA #FAB979 #7AFA79

square

#79BAFA #F979FA #FAB979 #7AFA79

split-complementary

#79BAFA #FA797A #FAF979

monochromatic

#097DF0 #3E9CF8 #79BAFA #B4D8FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#79BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAFA

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAFA	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BCFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAFF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32C9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7cefc',
    500: '#79bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bafa;
$custom-light: #a7cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.767,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAFA

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#7200E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAFA

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

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