#79BED8#79BED8

#79BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.079 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BED8
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -14.99, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 24.86, 232.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0568 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.079 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.6888, 45.8469, 71.7631)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BED8 #D89379

analogous

#79D8C2 #79BED8 #798ED8

triadic

#79BED8 #D879BE #BED879

tetradic

#79BED8 #C279D8 #D89379 #8ED879

square

#79BED8 #C279D8 #D89379 #8ED879

split-complementary

#79BED8 #D8798E #D8C279

monochromatic

#3086A6 #4AA7CA #79BED8 #A8D5E6 #D8ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#79BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BED8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BED8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.079 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e4',
    500: '#79bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bed8;
$custom-light: #a4d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.421,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.4585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BED8

secondary

#E6CFC7

accent

#4F23C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BED8

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

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