#79BBEE#79BBEE

#79BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.100 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBEE
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(206, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -7.30, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 32.66, 257.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0455 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.1 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0826, 45.7755, 87.5430)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBEE #EEAC79

analogous

#79EEE6 #79BBEE #7980EE

triadic

#79BBEE #EE79BB #BBEE79

tetradic

#79BBEE #E679EE #EEAC79 #80EE79

square

#79BBEE #E679EE #EEAC79 #80EE79

split-complementary

#79BBEE #EE7980 #EEE679

monochromatic

#1B82D2 #439FE7 #79BBEE #AFD7F5 #E4F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#79BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#79BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBEE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBEE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.100 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cff3',
    500: '#79bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbee;
$custom-light: #a6cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBEE

secondary

#F1DFD1

accent

#660CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBEE

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

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