#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
RGBrgb(121, 172, 240)
HSLhsl(214, 80%, 71%)
HSVhsv(214, 50%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(49.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.37, 1.54, -39.17)
CIE-LCHlch(69.37, 39.20, 272.24°)
OKLaboklab(73.59% -0.0276 -0.1098)
OKLCHoklch(73.59% 0.113 255.9)
XYZxyz(38.3605, 39.8585, 88.0932)
Luminance0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##79ACF01.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

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

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#79ACF0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva