#79ACED#79ACED

#79ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACED
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 0.66, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 37.74, 271.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0284 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.109 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9185, 39.6817, 85.7656)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACED #EDBA79

analogous

#79E6ED #79ACED #8079ED

triadic

#79ACED #ED79AC #ACED79

tetradic

#79ACED #ED79E6 #EDBA79 #79ED80

square

#79ACED #ED79E6 #EDBA79 #79ED80

split-complementary

#79ACED #ED8079 #E6ED79

monochromatic

#1C6BD0 #438BE6 #79ACED #AFCDF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#79ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACED

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACED	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f3',
    500: '#79aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aced;
$custom-light: #a5c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.621,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACED

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7F0DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACED

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

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