#79A4E0#79A4E0

#79A4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A4E0
RGB	rgb(121, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 1.37, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 34.88, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0228 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.1 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6107, 35.9954, 75.6306)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A4E0 #E0B579

analogous

#79D8E0 #79A4E0 #8179E0

triadic

#79A4E0 #E079A4 #A4E079

tetradic

#79A4E0 #E079D8 #E0B579 #79E081

square

#79A4E0 #E079D8 #E0B579 #79E081

split-complementary

#79A4E0 #E08179 #D8E079

monochromatic

#2A64B5 #4782D5 #79A4E0 #ABC6EB #DCE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#79A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#79A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A4E0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A4E0	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beea',
    500: '#79a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a4e0;
$custom-light: #a4beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.951,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A4E0

secondary

#EADDCA

accent

#811BCA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A4E0

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

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