#79BDFD#79BDFD

#79BDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDFD
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(209, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -4.03, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 38.37, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.043 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.115 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8061, 47.5485, 99.7788)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDFD #FDB979

analogous

#79FDFB #79BDFD #797BFD

triadic

#79BDFD #FD79BD #BDFD79

tetradic

#79BDFD #FB79FD #FDB979 #7BFD79

square

#79BDFD #FB79FD #FDB979 #7BFD79

split-complementary

#79BDFD #FD797B #FDFB79

monochromatic

#0481F8 #3D9FFC #79BDFD #B5DBFE #E1F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#79BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#79BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDFD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDFD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B1FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CCCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0fe',
    500: '#79bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdfd;
$custom-light: #a7d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDFD

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDFD

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

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