#79ADDE#79ADDE

#79ADDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.090 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADDE
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -4.21, -30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 30.34, 262.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0343 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.09 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0091, 39.2236, 74.7665)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADDE #DEAA79

analogous

#79DEDD #79ADDE #797BDE

triadic

#79ADDE #DE79AD #ADDE79

tetradic

#79ADDE #DD79DE #DEAA79 #7BDE79

square

#79ADDE #DD79DE #DEAA79 #7BDE79

split-complementary

#79ADDE #DE797B #DEDD79

monochromatic

#2C70B1 #488FD2 #79ADDE #AACBEA #DBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79ADDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#79ADDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADDE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADDE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79adde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.090 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5e8',
    500: '#79adde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79adde;
$custom-light: #a4c5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79adde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.109,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADDE

secondary

#E9D9C9

accent

#701DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADDE

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

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