#79BEE6#79BEE6

#79BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.090 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE6
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -11.16, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 28.92, 247.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0517 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.09 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5764, 46.6020, 81.7044)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE6 #E6A179

analogous

#79E6D7 #79BEE6 #7988E6

triadic

#79BEE6 #E679BE #BEE679

tetradic

#79BEE6 #D779E6 #E6A179 #88E679

square

#79BEE6 #D779E6 #E6A179 #88E679

split-complementary

#79BEE6 #E67988 #E6D779

monochromatic

#2487C1 #45A5DC #79BEE6 #ADD7F0 #E0F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#79BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE6

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE6	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.090 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ee',
    500: '#79bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee6;
$custom-light: #a5d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.018,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77061,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE6

secondary

#EED9CD

accent

#5A15D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE6

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

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