#79ABE6#79ABE6

#79ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABE6
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -0.82, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 34.80, 268.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0294 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.102 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7262, 38.9014, 80.4210)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABE6 #E6B479

analogous

#79E2E6 #79ABE6 #7E79E6

triadic

#79ABE6 #E679AB #ABE679

tetradic

#79ABE6 #E679E2 #E6B479 #79E67E

square

#79ABE6 #E679E2 #E6B479 #79E67E

split-complementary

#79ABE6 #E67E79 #E2E679

monochromatic

#246CC1 #458BDC #79ABE6 #ADCBF0 #E0ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#79ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABE6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABE6	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3ee',
    500: '#79abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abe6;
$custom-light: #a5c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.477,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72916,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABE6

secondary

#EEDFCD

accent

#7A15D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABE6

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

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