#79AAEE#79AAEE

#79AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAEE
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 2.07, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 39.12, 273.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0258 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.113 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6873, 38.9848, 86.4112)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAEE #EEBD79

analogous

#79E4EE #79AAEE #8379EE

triadic

#79AAEE #EE79AA #AAEE79

tetradic

#79AAEE #EE79E4 #EEBD79 #79EE83

square

#79AAEE #EE79E4 #EEBD79 #79EE83

split-complementary

#79AAEE #EE8379 #E4EE79

monochromatic

#1B67D2 #4388E7 #79AAEE #AFCCF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#79AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAEE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAEE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3f4',
    500: '#79aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaee;
$custom-light: #a6c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.872,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAEE

secondary

#F1E4D1

accent

#830CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAEE

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

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