#79ABE1#79ABE1

#79ABE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.095 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE1
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -2.25, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 32.44, 266.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0309 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.095 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0341, 38.6246, 76.7761)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE1 #E1AF79

analogous

#79DFE1 #79ABE1 #7B79E1

triadic

#79ABE1 #E179AB #ABE179

tetradic

#79ABE1 #E179DF #E1AF79 #79E17B

square

#79ABE1 #E179DF #E1AF79 #79E17B

split-complementary

#79ABE1 #E17B79 #DFE179

monochromatic

#296DB7 #478CD6 #79ABE1 #ABCAEC #DDEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#79ABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#79ABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE1

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE1	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.095 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ea',
    500: '#79abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe1;
$custom-light: #a4c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE1

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#761ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE1

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

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