#79ACE1#79ACE1

#79ACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACE1
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(211, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -2.81, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 32.06, 264.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0321 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.095 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2237, 39.0038, 76.8393)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACE1 #E1AE79

analogous

#79E0E1 #79ACE1 #7A79E1

triadic

#79ACE1 #E179AC #ACE179

tetradic

#79ACE1 #E179E0 #E1AE79 #79E17A

square

#79ACE1 #E179E0 #E1AE79 #79E17A

split-complementary

#79ACE1 #E17A79 #E0E179

monochromatic

#296EB7 #478DD6 #79ACE1 #ABCBEC #DDEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79ACE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#79ACE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACE1

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACE1	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c4ea',
    500: '#79ace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ace1;
$custom-light: #a4c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.577,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72908,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACE1

secondary

#EBDBCB

accent

#741ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACE1

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

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