#79ACEE#79ACEE

#79ACEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.111 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACEE
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 0.95, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 38.23, 271.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0282 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.111 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0650, 39.7403, 86.5371)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACEE #EEBB79

analogous

#79E6EE #79ACEE #8079EE

triadic

#79ACEE #EE79AC #ACEE79

tetradic

#79ACEE #EE79E6 #EEBB79 #79EE80

square

#79ACEE #EE79E6 #EEBB79 #79EE80

split-complementary

#79ACEE #EE8079 #E6EE79

monochromatic

#1B6BD2 #438AE7 #79ACEE #AFCEF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#79ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACEE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACEE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.111 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c4f3',
    500: '#79acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79acee;
$custom-light: #a6c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73499,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#800CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACEE

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

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