#79AACE#79AACE

#79AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.074 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AACE
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -7.00, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 24.47, 253.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0361 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.074 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3967, 37.2686, 63.8143)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AACE #CE9D79

analogous

#79CEC8 #79AACE #7980CE

triadic

#79AACE #CE79AA #AACE79

tetradic

#79AACE #C879CE #CE9D79 #80CE79

square

#79AACE #C879CE #CE9D79 #80CE79

split-complementary

#79AACE #CE7980 #CEC879

monochromatic

#376E96 #4C8EBE #79AACE #A6C6DE #D3E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#79AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#79AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AACE

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AACE	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#9BA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.074 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3dd',
    500: '#79aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aace;
$custom-light: #a3c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.412,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AACE

secondary

#E0CFC3

accent

#682CBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AACE

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

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