#79BEEC#79BEEC

#79BEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEEC
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -9.48, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 31.07, 252.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0496 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.096 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4335, 46.9448, 86.2185)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEEC #ECA779

analogous

#79ECE0 #79BEEC #7985EC

triadic

#79BEEC #EC79BE #BEEC79

tetradic

#79BEEC #E079EC #ECA779 #85EC79

square

#79BEEC #E079EC #ECA779 #85EC79

split-complementary

#79BEEC #EC7985 #ECE079

monochromatic

#1D87CD #43A4E4 #79BEEC #AFD8F4 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#79BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#79BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEEC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEEC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1f2',
    500: '#79beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79beec;
$custom-light: #a6d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77308,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEEC

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#5F0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEEC

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

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