#79BCF5#79BCF5

#79BCF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BCF5
RGBrgb(121, 188, 245)
HSLhsl(208, 86%, 72%)
HSVhsv(208, 51%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(50.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.95, -5.83, -34.77)
CIE-LCHlch(73.95, 35.26, 260.49°)
OKLaboklab(77.26% -0.0444 -0.0971)
OKLCHoklch(77.26% 0.107 245.4)
XYZxyz(42.3440, 46.6207, 93.1358)
Luminance0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BCF5 #F5B279
analogous
#79F5F0 #79BCF5 #797EF5
triadic
#79BCF5 #F579BC #BCF579
tetradic
#79BCF5 #F079F5 #F5B279 #7EF579
square
#79BCF5 #F079F5 #F5B279 #7EF579
split-complementary
#79BCF5 #F5797E #F5F079
monochromatic
#1182E3 #40A0F1 #79BCF5 #B2D8F9 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#79BCF5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32
#79BCF5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCF5
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BCF5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BCF51.002.0310.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4BDF8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B0F4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#37CACF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 245.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f8',
    500: '#79bcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bcf5;
$custom-light: #a6d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.581,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BCF5
secondary
#F5E4D5
accent
#6A03E3
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

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#79BCF5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva