#79BDFF#79BDFF

#79BDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDFF
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(210, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -3.45, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 39.26, 264.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0424 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.117 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1264, 47.6766, 101.4655)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDFF #FFBB79

analogous

#79FFFE #79BDFF #797AFF

triadic

#79BDFF #FF79BD #BDFF79

tetradic

#79BDFF #FE79FF #FFBB79 #7AFF79

square

#79BDFF #FE79FF #FFBB79 #7AFF79

split-complementary

#79BDFF #FF797A #FFFE79

monochromatic

#0081FE #3C9FFF #79BDFF #B6DBFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#79BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDFF

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDFF	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90B2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d0ff',
    500: '#79bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdff;
$custom-light: #a7d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77921,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#7100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDFF

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

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