#79BDF2#79BDF2

#79BDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.103 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDF2
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 242)
HSL	hsl(206, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 21.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -7.23, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 33.69, 257.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0465 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.103 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1041, 46.8677, 90.8148)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDF2 #F2AE79

analogous

#79F2EA #79BDF2 #7980F2

triadic

#79BDF2 #F279BD #BDF279

tetradic

#79BDF2 #EA79F2 #F2AE79 #80F279

square

#79BDF2 #EA79F2 #F2AE79 #80F279

split-complementary

#79BDF2 #F27980 #F2EA79

monochromatic

#1585DB #41A2ED #79BDF2 #B1D8F7 #E3F1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#79BDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#79BDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDF2

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDF2	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BDF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ACACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.103 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d0f6',
    500: '#79bdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdf2;
$custom-light: #a6d0f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77344,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDF2

secondary

#F3E1D3

accent

#6507DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FE

border

#CED2D6

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDF2

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

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