#79BDEC#79BDEC

#79BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.097 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDEC
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -8.94, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 31.32, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0484 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.097 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2177, 46.5131, 86.1465)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDEC #ECA879

analogous

#79ECE2 #79BDEC #7983EC

triadic

#79BDEC #EC79BD #BDEC79

tetradic

#79BDEC #E279EC #ECA879 #83EC79

square

#79BDEC #E279EC #ECA879 #83EC79

split-complementary

#79BDEC #EC7983 #ECE279

monochromatic

#1D85CD #43A3E4 #79BDEC #AFD7F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#79BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDEC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDEC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.097 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f2',
    500: '#79bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdec;
$custom-light: #a6d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77089,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDEC

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#600ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDEC

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

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