#79ACE4#79ACE4

#79ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACE4
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -1.95, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 33.45, 266.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0312 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.098 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6365, 39.1689, 79.0135)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACE4 #E4B179

analogous

#79E1E4 #79ACE4 #7B79E4

triadic

#79ACE4 #E479AC #ACE479

tetradic

#79ACE4 #E479E1 #E4B179 #79E47B

square

#79ACE4 #E479E1 #E4B179 #79E47B

split-complementary

#79ACE4 #E47B79 #E1E479

monochromatic

#266EBD #468CDA #79ACE4 #ACCCEE #DFEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#79ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACE4

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACE4	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4ec',
    500: '#79ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ace4;
$custom-light: #a5c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.402,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACE4

secondary

#ECDDCC

accent

#7717CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACE4

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

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