#79BFE9#79BFE9

#79BFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.093 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFE9
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -10.86, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 29.76, 248.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0518 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.093 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2187, 47.2066, 84.0147)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFE9 #E9A379

analogous

#79E9DB #79BFE9 #7987E9

triadic

#79BFE9 #E979BF #BFE979

tetradic

#79BFE9 #DB79E9 #E9A379 #87E979

square

#79BFE9 #DB79E9 #E9A379 #87E979

split-complementary

#79BFE9 #E97987 #E9DB79

monochromatic

#2189C7 #44A6E0 #79BFE9 #AED8F2 #E2F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#79BFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#79BFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFE9

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFE9	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.093 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2f0',
    500: '#79bfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfe9;
$custom-light: #a5d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77404,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFE9

secondary

#EFDBCF

accent

#5A12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFE9

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

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