#79ABE4#79ABE4

#79ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.099 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE4
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -1.40, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.85, 267.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.03 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.099 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4469, 38.7897, 78.9503)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE4 #E4B279

analogous

#79E0E4 #79ABE4 #7C79E4

triadic

#79ABE4 #E479AB #ABE479

tetradic

#79ABE4 #E479E0 #E4B279 #79E47C

square

#79ABE4 #E479E0 #E4B279 #79E47C

split-complementary

#79ABE4 #E47C79 #E0E479

monochromatic

#266CBD #468BDA #79ABE4 #ACCBEE #DFEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#79ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.099 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3ec',
    500: '#79abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe4;
$custom-light: #a5c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.963,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72825,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE4

secondary

#ECDDCC

accent

#7917CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE4

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

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