#79A8DA#79A8DA

#79A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.089 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8DA
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(211, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -2.57, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 30.33, 265.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0295 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.089 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5384, 37.1299, 71.6629)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8DA #DAAB79

analogous

#79D9DA #79A8DA #7B79DA

triadic

#79A8DA #DA79A8 #A8DA79

tetradic

#79A8DA #DA79D9 #DAAB79 #79DA7B

square

#79A8DA #DA79D9 #DAAB79 #79DA7B

split-complementary

#79A8DA #DA7B79 #D9DA79

monochromatic

#2F6AAA #4989CD #79A8DA #A9C7E7 #D9E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#79A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#79A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8DA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8DA	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.089 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c1e5',
    500: '#79a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8da;
$custom-light: #a4c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.928,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8DA

secondary

#E7D8C8

accent

#7521C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8DA

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

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