#79ABEC#79ABEC

#79ABEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.109 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABEC
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 0.92, -37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 37.69, 271.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0276 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.109 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5833, 39.2442, 84.9351)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABEC #ECBA79

analogous

#79E4EC #79ABEC #8179EC

triadic

#79ABEC #EC79AB #ABEC79

tetradic

#79ABEC #EC79E4 #ECBA79 #79EC81

square

#79ABEC #EC79E4 #ECBA79 #79EC81

split-complementary

#79ABEC #EC8179 #E4EC79

monochromatic

#1D6ACD #4389E4 #79ABEC #AFCDF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79ABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#79ABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABEC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABEC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.109 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f2',
    500: '#79abec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abec;
$custom-light: #a5c3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABEC

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#800ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABEC

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

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