#79BDE3#79BDE3

#79BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.088 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDE3
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -11.47, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 28.10, 245.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0516 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.088 234)
XYZ	xyz(39.9429, 46.0032, 79.4328)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDE3 #E39F79

analogous

#79E3D4 #79BDE3 #7988E3

triadic

#79BDE3 #E379BD #BDE379

tetradic

#79BDE3 #D479E3 #E39F79 #88E379

square

#79BDE3 #D479E3 #E39F79 #88E379

split-complementary

#79BDE3 #E37988 #E3D479

monochromatic

#2786BB #46A4D8 #79BDE3 #ACD6EE #DEEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#79BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDE3

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDE3	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.088 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0ec',
    500: '#79bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bde3;
$custom-light: #a5d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76719,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.46006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDE3

secondary

#ECD7CC

accent

#5918CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDE3

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

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