#79BEEB#79BEEB

#79BEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.095 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEEB
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -9.76, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 30.70, 251.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0499 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.095 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2887, 46.8869, 85.4555)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEEB #EBA679

analogous

#79EBDF #79BEEB #7985EB

triadic

#79BEEB #EB79BE #BEEB79

tetradic

#79BEEB #DF79EB #EBA679 #85EB79

square

#79BEEB #DF79EB #EBA679 #85EB79

split-complementary

#79BEEB #EB7985 #EBDF79

monochromatic

#1E87CB #44A4E3 #79BEEB #AED8F3 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#79BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#79BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEEB

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEEB	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.095 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1f1',
    500: '#79beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79beeb;
$custom-light: #a6d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.684,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77267,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEEB

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#5E0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEEB

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

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