#79BCF9#79BCF9

#79BCF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCF9
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(209, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -4.66, -36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 36.98, 262.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0431 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.111 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9612, 46.8676, 96.3866)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCF9 #F9B679

analogous

#79F9F6 #79BCF9 #797CF9

triadic

#79BCF9 #F979BC #BCF979

tetradic

#79BCF9 #F679F9 #F9B679 #7CF979

square

#79BCF9 #F679F9 #F9B679 #7CF979

split-complementary

#79BCF9 #F9797C #F9F679

monochromatic

#0B81ED #3E9FF6 #79BCF9 #B4D9FC #E2F0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#79BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#79BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCF9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCF9	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0fb',
    500: '#79bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcf9;
$custom-light: #a7d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.594,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCF9

secondary

#F6E5D5

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCF9

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

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