#79ADE0#79ADE0

#79ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE0
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -3.64, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.23, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0336 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.093 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2787, 39.3314, 76.1866)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE0 #E0AC79

analogous

#79E0E0 #79ADE0 #7979E0

triadic

#79ADE0 #E079AD #ADE079

tetradic

#79ADE0 #E079E0 #E0AC79 #79E079

square

#79ADE0 #E079E0 #E0AC79 #79E079

split-complementary

#79ADE0 #E07979 #E0E079

monochromatic

#2A70B5 #478FD5 #79ADE0 #ABCBEB #DCEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#79ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ea',
    500: '#79ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade0;
$custom-light: #a4c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.709,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE0

secondary

#EADACA

accent

#721BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE0

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

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