#79BEF5#79BEF5

#79BEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.106 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEF5
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 245)
HSL	hsl(207, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -6.91, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 34.62, 258.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0466 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.106 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7742, 47.4811, 93.2792)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEF5 #F5B079

analogous

#79F5EE #79BEF5 #7980F5

triadic

#79BEF5 #F579BE #BEF579

tetradic

#79BEF5 #EE79F5 #F5B079 #80F579

square

#79BEF5 #EE79F5 #F5B079 #80F579

split-complementary

#79BEF5 #F57980 #F5EE79

monochromatic

#1186E3 #40A2F1 #79BEF5 #B2DAF9 #E3F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#79BEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#79BEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEF5

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEF5	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BEF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B2F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36CBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.106 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d1f8',
    500: '#79bef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bef5;
$custom-light: #a6d1f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.613,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77692,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEF5

secondary

#F5E3D5

accent

#6603E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEF5

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

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