#79BDEB#79BDEB

#79BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDEB
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -9.23, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 30.94, 252.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0488 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.096 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0728, 46.4552, 85.3835)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDEB #EBA779

analogous

#79EBE0 #79BDEB #7984EB

triadic

#79BDEB #EB79BD #BDEB79

tetradic

#79BDEB #E079EB #EBA779 #84EB79

square

#79BDEB #E079EB #EBA779 #84EB79

split-complementary

#79BDEB #EB7984 #EBE079

monochromatic

#1E85CB #44A3E3 #79BDEB #AED7F3 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#79BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDEB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDEB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f1',
    500: '#79bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdeb;
$custom-light: #a6d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDEB

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#600FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDEB

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

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