#79BCFF#79BCFF

#79BCFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCFF
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -2.90, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 39.64, 265.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0413 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.118 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9120, 47.2479, 101.3941)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCFF #FFBC79

analogous

#79FFFF #79BCFF #7979FF

triadic

#79BCFF #FF79BC #BCFF79

tetradic

#79BCFF #FF79FF #FFBC79 #79FF79

square

#79BCFF #FF79FF #FFBC79 #79FF79

split-complementary

#79BCFF #FF7979 #FFFF79

monochromatic

#007FFE #3C9DFF #79BCFF #B6DBFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#79BCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#79BCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCFF

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCFF	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FB1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ACCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0ff',
    500: '#79bcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcff;
$custom-light: #a7d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCFF

secondary

#F7E6D4

accent

#7300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCFF

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

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