#79BCF4#79BCF4

#79BCF4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BCF4
RGBrgb(121, 188, 244)
HSLhsl(207, 85%, 72%)
HSVhsv(207, 50%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(50.4%, 23%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.91, -6.12, -34.29)
CIE-LCHlch(73.91, 34.83, 259.89°)
OKLaboklab(77.21% -0.0447 -0.0957)
OKLCHoklch(77.21% 0.106 245)
XYZxyz(42.1917, 46.5598, 92.3340)
Luminance0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BCF4 #F4B179
analogous
#79F4EF #79BCF4 #797FF4
triadic
#79BCF4 #F479BC #BCF479
tetradic
#79BCF4 #EF79F4 #F4B179 #7FF479
square
#79BCF4 #EF79F4 #F4B179 #7FF479
split-complementary
#79BCF4 #F4797F #F4EF79
monochromatic
#1283E0 #40A0EF #79BCF4 #B2D8F9 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#79BCF4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31
#79BCF4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCF4
10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BCF4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BCF41.002.0410.3110.31
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3121.001.001.00
##00000010.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4BDF7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B0F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38C9CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 245.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f8',
    500: '#79bcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bcf4;
$custom-light: #a6d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.317,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77214,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.46563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BCF4
secondary
#F4E3D5
accent
#6904E1
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

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#79BCF4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva