#79A6DC#79A6DC

#79A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.093 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A6DC
RGB	rgb(121, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -0.89, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 32.07, 268.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0265 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.093 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4353, 36.5025, 72.9274)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A6DC #DCAF79

analogous

#79D8DC #79A6DC #7E79DC

triadic

#79A6DC #DC79A6 #A6DC79

tetradic

#79A6DC #DC79D8 #DCAF79 #79DC7E

square

#79A6DC #DC79D8 #DCAF79 #79DC7E

split-complementary

#79A6DC #DC7E79 #D8DC79

monochromatic

#2D67AD #4886CF #79A6DC #AAC6E9 #DAE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79A6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#79A6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A6DC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A6DC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.093 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c0e7',
    500: '#79a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a6dc;
$custom-light: #a4c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A6DC

secondary

#E8DAC9

accent

#7A1FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A6DC

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

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