#79BDF9#79BDF9

#79BDF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.111 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDF9
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -5.21, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 36.63, 261.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0442 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.111 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1756, 47.2963, 96.4581)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDF9 #F9B579

analogous

#79F9F5 #79BDF9 #797DF9

triadic

#79BDF9 #F979BD #BDF979

tetradic

#79BDF9 #F579F9 #F9B579 #7DF979

square

#79BDF9 #F579F9 #F9B579 #7DF979

split-complementary

#79BDF9 #F9797D #F9F579

monochromatic

#0B83ED #3EA0F6 #79BDF9 #B4DAFC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#79BDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#79BDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDF9

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDF9	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BEFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B1F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.111 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0fb',
    500: '#79bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdf9;
$custom-light: #a7d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77651,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDF9

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDF9

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

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