#79BEE7#79BEE7

#79BEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.091 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE7
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -10.88, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 29.27, 248.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0513 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.091 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7173, 46.6583, 82.4461)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE7 #E7A279

analogous

#79E7D9 #79BEE7 #7987E7

triadic

#79BEE7 #E779BE #BEE779

tetradic

#79BEE7 #D979E7 #E7A279 #87E779

square

#79BEE7 #D979E7 #E7A279 #87E779

split-complementary

#79BEE7 #E77987 #E7D979

monochromatic

#2387C3 #45A5DE #79BEE7 #ADD7F0 #E1F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#79BEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE7

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE7	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.091 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1ee',
    500: '#79bee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee7;
$custom-light: #a5d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE7

secondary

#EEDACE

accent

#5B14D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE7

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

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