#79BEF9#79BEF9

#79BEF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEF9
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 249)
HSL	hsl(208, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 23.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -5.75, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 36.29, 260.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0453 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.11 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3914, 47.7280, 96.5300)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEF9 #F9B479

analogous

#79F9F4 #79BEF9 #797EF9

triadic

#79BEF9 #F979BE #BEF979

tetradic

#79BEF9 #F479F9 #F9B479 #7EF979

square

#79BEF9 #F479F9 #F9B479 #7EF979

split-complementary

#79BEF9 #F9797E #F9F479

monochromatic

#0B85ED #3EA2F6 #79BEF9 #B4DAFC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79BEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#79BEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEF9

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEF9	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31CCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1fb',
    500: '#79bef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bef9;
$custom-light: #a7d1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.656,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77867,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEF9

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEF9

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

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