#79BEE9#79BEE9

#79BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.093 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEE9
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -10.32, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 29.97, 249.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0506 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.093 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0013, 46.7719, 83.9423)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEE9 #E9A479

analogous

#79E9DC #79BEE9 #7986E9

triadic

#79BEE9 #E979BE #BEE979

tetradic

#79BEE9 #DC79E9 #E9A479 #86E979

square

#79BEE9 #DC79E9 #E9A479 #86E979

split-complementary

#79BEE9 #E97986 #E9DC79

monochromatic

#2187C7 #44A4E0 #79BEE9 #AED8F2 #E2F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#79BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEE9

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEE9	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.093 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1f0',
    500: '#79bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bee9;
$custom-light: #a5d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.036,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEE9

secondary

#EFDBCF

accent

#5C12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEE9

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

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