#79BEEF#79BEEF

#79BEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.099 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEEF
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -8.63, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 32.22, 254.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0486 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.099 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8731, 47.1206, 88.5333)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEEF #EFAA79

analogous

#79EFE5 #79BEEF #7983EF

triadic

#79BEEF #EF79BE #BEEF79

tetradic

#79BEEF #E579EF #EFAA79 #83EF79

square

#79BEEF #E579EF #EFAA79 #83EF79

split-complementary

#79BEEF #EF7983 #EFE579

monochromatic

#1987D4 #42A3E8 #79BEEF #B0D9F6 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#79BEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#79BEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEEF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEEF	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79beef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.099 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1f4',
    500: '#79beef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79beef;
$custom-light: #a6d1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79beef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.915,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77434,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEEF

secondary

#F2DFD2

accent

#610BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEEF

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

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