#79BDE4#79BDE4

#79BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.089 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDE4
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(202, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -11.19, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 28.43, 246.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0512 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.089 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0814, 46.0586, 80.1618)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDE4 #E4A079

analogous

#79E4D5 #79BDE4 #7987E4

triadic

#79BDE4 #E479BD #BDE479

tetradic

#79BDE4 #D579E4 #E4A079 #87E479

square

#79BDE4 #D579E4 #E4A079 #87E479

split-complementary

#79BDE4 #E47987 #E4D579

monochromatic

#2686BD #46A4DA #79BDE4 #ACD6EE #DFEFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#79BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDE4

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDE4	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.089 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0ec',
    500: '#79bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bde4;
$custom-light: #a5d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.869,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDE4

secondary

#ECD8CC

accent

#5A17CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDE4

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

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