#79BBEB#79BBEB

#79BBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.097 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBEB
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -8.15, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 31.46, 254.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0465 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.097 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6456, 45.6007, 85.2411)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBEB #EBA979

analogous

#79EBE2 #79BBEB #7982EB

triadic

#79BBEB #EB79BB #BBEB79

tetradic

#79BBEB #E279EB #EBA979 #82EB79

square

#79BBEB #E279EB #EBA979 #82EB79

split-complementary

#79BBEB #EB7982 #EBE279

monochromatic

#1E82CB #44A0E3 #79BBEB #AED6F3 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#79BBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#79BBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBEB

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBEB	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.097 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cff1',
    500: '#79bbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbeb;
$custom-light: #a6cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76609,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBEB

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#630FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBEB

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

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