#79BEDF#79BEDF

#79BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.084 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEDF
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -13.09, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 26.70, 240.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0542 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.084 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6131, 46.2167, 76.6310)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEDF #DF9A79

analogous

#79DFCD #79BEDF #798BDF

triadic

#79BEDF #DF79BE #BEDF79

tetradic

#79BEDF #CD79DF #DF9A79 #8BDF79

square

#79BEDF #CD79DF #DF9A79 #8BDF79

split-complementary

#79BEDF #DF798B #DFCD79

monochromatic

#2B87B3 #48A6D3 #79BEDF #AAD6EB #DCEEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#79BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#79BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEDF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEDF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.084 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1e9',
    500: '#79bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bedf;
$custom-light: #a5d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEDF

secondary

#EAD4CA

accent

#541CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEDF

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

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