#79AAED#79AAED

#79AAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAED
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 1.78, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 38.63, 272.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0261 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.111 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5408, 38.9262, 85.6396)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAED #EDBC79

analogous

#79E4ED #79AAED #8279ED

triadic

#79AAED #ED79AA #AAED79

tetradic

#79AAED #ED79E4 #EDBC79 #79ED82

square

#79AAED #ED79E4 #EDBC79 #79ED82

split-complementary

#79AAED #ED8279 #E4ED79

monochromatic

#1C68D0 #4388E6 #79AAED #AFCCF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#79AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAED

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAED	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f3',
    500: '#79aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaed;
$custom-light: #a5c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.655,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAED

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#830DD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAED

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

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