#79ABE2#79ABE2

#79ABE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.097 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE2
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -1.97, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 32.91, 266.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0306 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.097 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1709, 38.6793, 77.4966)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE2 #E2B079

analogous

#79DFE2 #79ABE2 #7C79E2

triadic

#79ABE2 #E279AB #ABE279

tetradic

#79ABE2 #E279DF #E2B079 #79E27C

square

#79ABE2 #E279DF #E2B079 #79E27C

split-complementary

#79ABE2 #E27C79 #DFE279

monochromatic

#286DB9 #478BD7 #79ABE2 #ABCBED #DEEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#79ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.097 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3eb',
    500: '#79abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe2;
$custom-light: #a4c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE2

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#7719CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE2

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

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