#79BFEF#79BFEF

#79BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.099 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFEF
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -9.16, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 31.95, 253.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0497 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.099 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0904, 47.5553, 88.6057)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFEF #EFA979

analogous

#79EFE4 #79BFEF #7984EF

triadic

#79BFEF #EF79BF #BFEF79

tetradic

#79BFEF #E479EF #EFA979 #84EF79

square

#79BFEF #E479EF #EFA979 #84EF79

split-complementary

#79BFEF #EF7984 #EFE479

monochromatic

#1988D4 #42A5E8 #79BFEF #B0D9F6 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#79BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#79BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFEF

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFEF	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.099 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d2f4',
    500: '#79bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfef;
$custom-light: #a6d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77653,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFEF

secondary

#F2DFD2

accent

#5F0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFEF

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

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