#79ACEB#79ACEB

#79ACEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACEB
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 235)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 0.07, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 36.78, 270.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.029 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.107 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6280, 39.5655, 84.2352)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACEB #EBB879

analogous

#79E5EB #79ACEB #7F79EB

triadic

#79ACEB #EB79AC #ACEB79

tetradic

#79ACEB #EB79E5 #EBB879 #79EB7F

square

#79ACEB #EB79E5 #EBB879 #79EB7F

split-complementary

#79ACEB #EB7F79 #E5EB79

monochromatic

#1E6CCB #448BE3 #79ACEB #AECDF3 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79ACEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79ACEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACEB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACEB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 254.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACEB

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#7D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACEB

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

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