#79BCF0#79BCF0

#79BCF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCF0
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 240)
HSL	hsl(206, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -7.27, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 33.18, 257.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.046 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.101 243)
XYZ	xyz(41.5910, 46.3195, 89.1700)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCF0 #F0AD79

analogous

#79F0E8 #79BCF0 #7980F0

triadic

#79BCF0 #F079BC #BCF079

tetradic

#79BCF0 #E879F0 #F0AD79 #80F079

square

#79BCF0 #E879F0 #F0AD79 #80F079

split-complementary

#79BCF0 #F07980 #F0E879

monochromatic

#1883D7 #42A0EA #79BCF0 #B0D8F6 #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#79BCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#79BCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCF0

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCF0	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f5',
    500: '#79bcf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcf0;
$custom-light: #a6d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.46323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCF0

secondary

#F2E0D2

accent

#6509DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCF0

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

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