#79ACE2#79ACE2

#79ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.096 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACE2
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -2.52, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 32.52, 265.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0318 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.096 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3605, 39.0585, 77.5598)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACE2 #E2AF79

analogous

#79E0E2 #79ACE2 #7A79E2

triadic

#79ACE2 #E279AC #ACE279

tetradic

#79ACE2 #E279E0 #E2AF79 #79E27A

square

#79ACE2 #E279E0 #E2AF79 #79E27A

split-complementary

#79ACE2 #E27A79 #E0E279

monochromatic

#286EB9 #478DD7 #79ACE2 #ABCBED #DEEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#79ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACE2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACE2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.096 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4eb',
    500: '#79ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ace2;
$custom-light: #a5c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACE2

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#7519CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACE2

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

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