#79BCED#79BCED

#79BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.098 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCED
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -8.12, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 31.98, 255.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.047 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.098 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1490, 46.1427, 86.8424)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCED #EDAA79

analogous

#79EDE4 #79BCED #7982ED

triadic

#79BCED #ED79BC #BCED79

tetradic

#79BCED #E479ED #EDAA79 #82ED79

square

#79BCED #E479ED #EDAA79 #82ED79

split-complementary

#79BCED #ED7982 #EDE479

monochromatic

#1C84D0 #43A1E6 #79BCED #AFD7F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#79BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#79BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCED

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCED	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.098 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f3',
    500: '#79bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bced;
$custom-light: #a6d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76912,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCED

secondary

#F1DED1

accent

#630DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCED

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

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