#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
RGBrgb(121, 172, 225)
HSLhsl(211, 63%, 68%)
HSVhsv(211, 46%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(46.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.75, -2.81, -31.93)
CIE-LCHlch(68.75, 32.06, 264.98°)
OKLaboklab(72.91% -0.0321 -0.089)
OKLCHoklch(72.91% 0.095 250.2)
XYZxyz(36.2237, 39.0038, 76.8393)
Luminance0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##79ACE11.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

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

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#79ACE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva