#79BEE5#79BEE5

#79BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.089 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE5
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -11.44, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 28.59, 246.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.052 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.089 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4364, 46.5460, 80.9670)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE5 #E5A079

analogous

#79E5D6 #79BEE5 #7988E5

triadic

#79BEE5 #E579BE #BEE579

tetradic

#79BEE5 #D679E5 #E5A079 #88E579

square

#79BEE5 #D679E5 #E5A079 #88E579

split-complementary

#79BEE5 #E57988 #E5D679

monochromatic

#2587BF #46A5DB #79BEE5 #ACD7EF #E0F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#79BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE5

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE5	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.089 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ed',
    500: '#79bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee5;
$custom-light: #a5d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE5

secondary

#EDD8CD

accent

#5916CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE5

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

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