#79ADE1#79ADE1

#79ADE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE1
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 225)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -3.36, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 31.69, 263.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0333 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.094 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4147, 39.3858, 76.9029)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE1 #E1AD79

analogous

#79E1E1 #79ADE1 #7979E1

triadic

#79ADE1 #E179AD #ADE179

tetradic

#79ADE1 #E179E1 #E1AD79 #79E179

square

#79ADE1 #E179E1 #E1AD79 #79E179

split-complementary

#79ADE1 #E17979 #E1E179

monochromatic

#2970B7 #478ED6 #79ADE1 #ABCCEC #DDEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79ADE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#79ADE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE1

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE1	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ea',
    500: '#79ade1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade1;
$custom-light: #a4c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE1

secondary

#EBDBCB

accent

#731ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE1

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

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