#79ABE5#79ABE5

#79ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE5
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -1.11, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 34.32, 268.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0297 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.1 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5861, 38.8454, 79.6836)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE5 #E5B379

analogous

#79E1E5 #79ABE5 #7D79E5

triadic

#79ABE5 #E579AB #ABE579

tetradic

#79ABE5 #E579E1 #E5B379 #79E57D

square

#79ABE5 #E579E1 #E5B379 #79E57D

split-complementary

#79ABE5 #E57D79 #E1E579

monochromatic

#256CBF #468BDB #79ABE5 #ACCBEF #E0EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#79ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE5

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3ed',
    500: '#79abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe5;
$custom-light: #a5c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.222,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE5

secondary

#EDDECD

accent

#7A16CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE5

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

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