#79ACEA#79ACEA

#79ACEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACEA
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -0.22, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 36.29, 269.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0293 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.106 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4839, 39.5079, 83.4765)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACEA #EAB779

analogous

#79E5EA #79ACEA #7F79EA

triadic

#79ACEA #EA79AC #ACEA79

tetradic

#79ACEA #EA79E5 #EAB779 #79EA7F

square

#79ACEA #EA79E5 #EAB779 #79EA7F

split-complementary

#79ACEA #EA7F79 #E5EA79

monochromatic

#206CC9 #448BE2 #79ACEA #AECDF2 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79ACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#79ACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACEA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACEA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79acea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f1',
    500: '#79acea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79acea;
$custom-light: #a5c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79acea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.92,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73313,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACEA

secondary

#F0E1CF

accent

#7C11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACEA

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

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