#79A9E8#79A9E8

#79A9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A9E8
RGB	rgb(121, 169, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 0.88, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 36.61, 271.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0264 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.106 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6337, 38.2646, 81.7837)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A9E8 #E8B879

analogous

#79E1E8 #79A9E8 #8179E8

triadic

#79A9E8 #E879A9 #A9E879

tetradic

#79A9E8 #E879E1 #E8B879 #79E881

square

#79A9E8 #E879E1 #E8B879 #79E881

split-complementary

#79A9E8 #E88179 #E1E879

monochromatic

#2268C5 #4587DF #79A9E8 #ADCBF1 #E1ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#79A9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#79A9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A9E8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A9E8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 169, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c2ef',
    500: '#79a9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a9e8;
$custom-light: #a5c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A9E8

secondary

#EFE1CE

accent

#8013D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A9E8

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

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