#79BEE3#79BEE3

#79BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.088 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE3
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -12.00, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 27.93, 244.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0527 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.088 233)
XYZ	xyz(40.1588, 46.4349, 79.5048)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE3 #E39E79

analogous

#79E3D3 #79BEE3 #7989E3

triadic

#79BEE3 #E379BE #BEE379

tetradic

#79BEE3 #D379E3 #E39E79 #89E379

square

#79BEE3 #D379E3 #E39E79 #89E379

split-complementary

#79BEE3 #E37989 #E3D379

monochromatic

#2787BB #46A5D8 #79BEE3 #ACD7EE #DEEFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#79BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE3

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE3	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.088 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ec',
    500: '#79bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee3;
$custom-light: #a5d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.46438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE3

secondary

#ECD7CC

accent

#5718CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE3

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

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