#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
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -12.15, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 33.05, 248.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0587 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.104 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0983, 53.1418, 97.4323)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##79CAF9	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #79CAF9

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

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