#79A4D8#79A4D8

#79A4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A4D8
RGB	rgb(121, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -0.91, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 30.96, 268.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0253 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.09 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5512, 35.5716, 70.0505)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A4D8 #D8AD79

analogous

#79D3D8 #79A4D8 #7D79D8

triadic

#79A4D8 #D879A4 #A4D879

tetradic

#79A4D8 #D879D3 #D8AD79 #79D87D

square

#79A4D8 #D879D3 #D8AD79 #79D87D

split-complementary

#79A4D8 #D87D79 #D3D879

monochromatic

#3066A6 #4A84CA #79A4D8 #A8C4E6 #D8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#79A4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#79A4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A4D8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A4D8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bee4',
    500: '#79a4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a4d8;
$custom-light: #a4bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.842,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70777,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A4D8

secondary

#E6D8C7

accent

#7A23C2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A4D8

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

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