#79BCEB#79BCEB

#79BCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.096 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCEB
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 20%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -8.69, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 31.20, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0476 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.096 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8585, 46.0265, 85.3121)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCEB #EBA879

analogous

#79EBE1 #79BCEB #7983EB

triadic

#79BCEB #EB79BC #BCEB79

tetradic

#79BCEB #E179EB #EBA879 #83EB79

square

#79BCEB #E179EB #EBA879 #83EB79

split-complementary

#79BCEB #EB7983 #EBE179

monochromatic

#1E84CB #44A1E3 #79BCEB #AED7F3 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#79BCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCEB

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCEB	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.096 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f1',
    500: '#79bceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bceb;
$custom-light: #a6d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76828,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCEB

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#610FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCEB

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

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