#79BEFA#79BEFA

#79BEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.111 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BEFA
RGBrgb(121, 190, 250)
HSLhsl(208, 93%, 73%)
HSVhsv(208, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.6%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.69, -5.46, -36.31)
CIE-LCHlch(74.69, 36.72, 261.45°)
OKLaboklab(77.91% -0.045 -0.1015)
OKLCHoklch(77.91% 0.111 246.1)
XYZxyz(43.5478, 47.7905, 97.3536)
Luminance0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BEFA #FAB579
analogous
#79FAF6 #79BEFA #797DFA
triadic
#79BEFA #FA79BE #BEFA79
tetradic
#79BEFA #F679FA #FAB579 #7DFA79
square
#79BEFA #F679FA #FAB579 #7DFA79
split-complementary
#79BEFA #FA797D #FAF679
monochromatic
#0984F0 #3EA1F8 #79BEFA #B4DBFC #E2F1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#79BEFA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56
#79BEFA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEFA
10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BEFA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BEFA1.001.9910.5610.56
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5621.001.001.00
##00000010.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5BFFD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94B2F9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30CCD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79befa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.111 246.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1fc',
    500: '#79befa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79befa;
$custom-light: #a7d1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79befa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.907,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BEFA
secondary
#F6E4D5
accent
#6B00E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F9FF
border
#CED2D7
text
#101417
muted
#7F8285

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#79BEFA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva