#79BEDD#79BEDD

#79BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.083 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEDD
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -13.64, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 26.13, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0549 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.083 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3451, 46.1094, 75.2193)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEDD #DD9879

analogous

#79DDCA #79BEDD #798CDD

triadic

#79BEDD #DD79BE #BEDD79

tetradic

#79BEDD #CA79DD #DD9879 #8CDD79

square

#79BEDD #CA79DD #DD9879 #8CDD79

split-complementary

#79BEDD #DD798C #DDCA79

monochromatic

#2C87AF #48A6D1 #79BEDD #AAD6E9 #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#79BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#79BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEDD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEDD	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.083 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1e7',
    500: '#79bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bedd;
$custom-light: #a5d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEDD

secondary

#E9D3C9

accent

#531EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEDD

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

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