#79BEE2#79BEE2

#79BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.087 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE2
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -12.27, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 27.61, 243.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0531 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.087 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0212, 46.3799, 78.7800)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE2 #E29D79

analogous

#79E2D1 #79BEE2 #798AE2

triadic

#79BEE2 #E279BE #BEE279

tetradic

#79BEE2 #D179E2 #E29D79 #8AE279

square

#79BEE2 #D179E2 #E29D79 #8AE279

split-complementary

#79BEE2 #E2798A #E2D179

monochromatic

#2887B9 #47A6D7 #79BEE2 #ABD6ED #DEEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#79BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE2

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE2	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.087 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1eb',
    500: '#79bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee2;
$custom-light: #a5d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE2

secondary

#EBD6CB

accent

#5719CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE2

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

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