#79BDE2#79BDE2

#79BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.087 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDE2
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -11.74, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 27.77, 244.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0519 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.087 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8053, 45.9482, 78.7081)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDE2 #E29E79

analogous

#79E2D2 #79BDE2 #7988E2

triadic

#79BDE2 #E279BD #BDE279

tetradic

#79BDE2 #D279E2 #E29E79 #88E279

square

#79BDE2 #D279E2 #E29E79 #88E279

split-complementary

#79BDE2 #E27988 #E2D279

monochromatic

#2886B9 #47A4D7 #79BDE2 #ABD6ED #DEEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#79BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDE2

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDE2	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.087 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0eb',
    500: '#79bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bde2;
$custom-light: #a5d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76679,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDE2

secondary

#EBD7CB

accent

#5819CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDE2

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

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