#79ADE2#79ADE2

#79ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE2
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -3.08, -31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 32.14, 264.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.033 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.095 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5515, 39.4406, 77.6235)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE2 #E2AE79

analogous

#79E1E2 #79ADE2 #7979E2

triadic

#79ADE2 #E279AD #ADE279

tetradic

#79ADE2 #E279E1 #E2AE79 #79E279

square

#79ADE2 #E279E1 #E2AE79 #79E279

split-complementary

#79ADE2 #E27979 #E1E279

monochromatic

#2870B9 #478ED7 #79ADE2 #ABCCED #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#79ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5eb',
    500: '#79ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade2;
$custom-light: #a5c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.286,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73169,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE2

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#7419CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE2

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

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