#79A3DD#79A3DD

#79A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A3DD
RGB	rgb(121, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 1.08, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 33.84, 271.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0225 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.097 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0292, 35.4776, 73.4473)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A3DD #DDB379

analogous

#79D5DD #79A3DD #8179DD

triadic

#79A3DD #DD79A3 #A3DD79

tetradic

#79A3DD #DD79D5 #DDB379 #79DD81

square

#79A3DD #DD79D5 #DDB379 #79DD81

split-complementary

#79A3DD #DD8179 #D5DD79

monochromatic

#2C63AF #4881D1 #79A3DD #AAC5E9 #DBE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#79A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#79A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A3DD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A3DD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bee7',
    500: '#79a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a3dd;
$custom-light: #a4bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A3DD

secondary

#E9DBC9

accent

#801EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A3DD

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

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