#79A8DC#79A8DC

#79A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8DC
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(212, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(212, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -2.01, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 31.26, 266.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0289 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.092 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8017, 37.2353, 73.0495)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8DC #DCAD79

analogous

#79DADC #79A8DC #7C79DC

triadic

#79A8DC #DC79A8 #A8DC79

tetradic

#79A8DC #DC79DA #DCAD79 #79DC7C

square

#79A8DC #DC79DA #DCAD79 #79DC7C

split-complementary

#79A8DC #DC7C79 #DADC79

monochromatic

#2D6AAD #4888CF #79A8DC #AAC8E9 #DAE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#79A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#79A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8DC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8DC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c1e7',
    500: '#79a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8dc;
$custom-light: #a4c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.515,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8DC

secondary

#E8D9C9

accent

#771FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8DC

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

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