#79AAEB#79AAEB

#79AAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAEB
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 235)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 1.19, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 37.64, 271.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0267 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.109 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2502, 38.8100, 84.1093)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAEB #EBBA79

analogous

#79E3EB #79AAEB #8179EB

triadic

#79AAEB #EB79AA #AAEB79

tetradic

#79AAEB #EB79E3 #EBBA79 #79EB81

square

#79AAEB #EB79E3 #EBBA79 #79EB81

split-complementary

#79AAEB #EB8179 #E3EB79

monochromatic

#1E69CB #4488E3 #79AAEB #AECCF3 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79AAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#79AAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAEB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAEB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f1',
    500: '#79aaeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaeb;
$custom-light: #a5c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.211,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAEB

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#810FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAEB

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

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