#79BEEA#79BEEA

#79BEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.094 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BEEA
RGBrgb(121, 190, 234)
HSLhsl(203, 73%, 70%)
HSVhsv(203, 48%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.08, -10.04, -28.62)
CIE-LCHlch(74.08, 30.34, 250.67°)
OKLaboklab(77.22% -0.0503 -0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(77.22% 0.094 237.7)
XYZxyz(41.1446, 46.8292, 84.6967)
Luminance0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BEEA #EAA579
analogous
#79EADE #79BEEA #7986EA
triadic
#79BEEA #EA79BE #BEEA79
tetradic
#79BEEA #DE79EA #EAA579 #86EA79
square
#79BEEA #DE79EA #EAA579 #86EA79
split-complementary
#79BEEA #EA7986 #EADE79
monochromatic
#2087C9 #44A4E2 #79BEEA #AED8F2 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#79BEEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37
#79BEEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEEA
10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BEEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BEEA1.002.0310.3710.37
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3721.001.001.00
##00000010.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AABDEC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB1E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#41C9CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79beea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.094 237.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1f0',
    500: '#79beea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79beea;
$custom-light: #a6d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79beea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.363,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77225,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BEEA
secondary
#F0DCCF
accent
#5D11D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101416
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#79BEEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva