#79BDEE#79BDEE

#79BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.099 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDEE
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -8.38, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 32.10, 254.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0478 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.099 241)
XYZ	xyz(41.5099, 46.6300, 87.6854)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDEE #EEAA79

analogous

#79EEE4 #79BDEE #7983EE

triadic

#79BDEE #EE79BD #BDEE79

tetradic

#79BDEE #E479EE #EEAA79 #83EE79

square

#79BDEE #E479EE #EEAA79 #83EE79

split-complementary

#79BDEE #EE7983 #EEE479

monochromatic

#1B85D2 #43A2E7 #79BDEE #AFD8F5 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#79BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDEE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDEE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.099 241.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.46633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDEE

secondary

#F1DFD1

accent

#620CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDEE

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

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