#79BEFF#79BEFF

#79BEFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEFF
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -3.99, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 38.89, 264.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0435 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.117 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3422, 48.1083, 101.5375)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEFF #FFBA79

analogous

#79FFFD #79BEFF #797BFF

triadic

#79BEFF #FF79BE #BEFF79

tetradic

#79BEFF #FD79FF #FFBA79 #7BFF79

square

#79BEFF #FD79FF #FFBA79 #7BFF79

split-complementary

#79BEFF #FF797B #FFFD79

monochromatic

#0083FE #3CA0FF #79BEFF #B6DCFF #E0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#79BEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#79BEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEFF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEFF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92B2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29CDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79beff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d1ff',
    500: '#79beff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79beff;
$custom-light: #a7d1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79beff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.104,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78135,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEFF

secondary

#F7E5D4

accent

#6F00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEFF

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

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