#79ACF0#79ACF0

#79ACF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACF0
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 240)
HSL	hsl(214, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 1.54, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 39.20, 272.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0276 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.113 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3605, 39.8585, 88.0932)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACF0 #F0BD79

analogous

#79E7F0 #79ACF0 #8179F0

triadic

#79ACF0 #F079AC #ACF079

tetradic

#79ACF0 #F079E7 #F0BD79 #79F081

square

#79ACF0 #F079E7 #F0BD79 #79F081

split-complementary

#79ACF0 #F08179 #E7F079

monochromatic

#186AD7 #428AEA #79ACF0 #B0CEF6 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79ACF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#79ACF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACF0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACF0	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79acf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c4f5',
    500: '#79acf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79acf0;
$custom-light: #a6c4f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79acf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACF0

secondary

#F2E5D2

accent

#8209DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACF0

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

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