#79CAF9#79CAF9

#79CAF9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.104 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79CAF9
RGBrgb(121, 202, 249)
HSLhsl(202, 91%, 73%)
HSVhsv(202, 51%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(51.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LABlab(77.96, -12.15, -30.73)
CIE-LCHlch(77.96, 33.05, 248.43°)
OKLaboklab(80.48% -0.0587 -0.0855)
OKLCHoklch(80.48% 0.104 235.5)
XYZxyz(46.0983, 53.1418, 97.4323)
Luminance0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79CAF9 #F9A879
analogous
#79F9E8 #79CAF9 #798AF9
triadic
#79CAF9 #F979CA #CAF979
tetradic
#79CAF9 #E879F9 #F9A879 #8AF979
square
#79CAF9 #E879F9 #F9A879 #8AF979
split-complementary
#79CAF9 #F9798A #F9E879
monochromatic
#0B9AED #3EB3F6 #79CAF9 #B4E1FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#79CAF9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63
#79CAF9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAF9
11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79CAF9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79CAF91.001.8111.6311.63
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6321.001.001.00
##00000011.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4C8FB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2BBF8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2CD6D9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79caf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.104 235.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dafb',
    500: '#79caf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79caf9;
$custom-light: #a7dafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79caf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.031,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80481,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79CAF9
secondary
#D57741
accent
#5400E6
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#79CAF9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva