#79AAEC#79AAEC

#79AAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAEC
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 1.48, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 38.13, 272.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0264 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.11 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3951, 38.8679, 84.8723)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAEC #ECBB79

analogous

#79E3EC #79AAEC #8279EC

triadic

#79AAEC #EC79AA #AAEC79

tetradic

#79AAEC #EC79E3 #ECBB79 #79EC82

square

#79AAEC #EC79E3 #ECBB79 #79EC82

split-complementary

#79AAEC #EC8279 #E3EC79

monochromatic

#1D68CD #4388E4 #79AAEC #AFCCF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#79AAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAEC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAEC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f2',
    500: '#79aaec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaec;
$custom-light: #a5c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAEC

secondary

#F0E3D0

accent

#820ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAEC

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

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