#79ABEF#79ABEF

#79ABEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABEF
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(215, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 1.80, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 39.16, 272.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0267 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.113 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0228, 39.4201, 87.2498)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABEF #EFBD79

analogous

#79E6EF #79ABEF #8279EF

triadic

#79ABEF #EF79AB #ABEF79

tetradic

#79ABEF #EF79E6 #EFBD79 #79EF82

square

#79ABEF #EF79E6 #EFBD79 #79EF82

split-complementary

#79ABEF #EF8279 #E6EF79

monochromatic

#1969D4 #4289E8 #79ABEF #B0CDF6 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79ABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#79ABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABEF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABEF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3f4',
    500: '#79abef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abef;
$custom-light: #a6c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.576,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73333,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABEF

secondary

#F2E4D2

accent

#830BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABEF

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

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