#79BDED#79BDED

#79BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.098 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDED
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -8.66, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 31.71, 254.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0481 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.098 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3634, 46.5714, 86.9138)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDED #EDA979

analogous

#79EDE3 #79BDED #7983ED

triadic

#79BDED #ED79BD #BDED79

tetradic

#79BDED #E379ED #EDA979 #83ED79

square

#79BDED #E379ED #EDA979 #83ED79

split-complementary

#79BDED #ED7983 #EDE379

monochromatic

#1C85D0 #43A2E6 #79BDED #AFD8F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#79BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDED

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDED	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.098 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f3',
    500: '#79bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bded;
$custom-light: #a6d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77131,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDED

secondary

#F1DED1

accent

#610DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDED

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

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