#79ADE4#79ADE4

#79ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE4
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -2.51, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 33.06, 265.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0324 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.097 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8275, 39.5510, 79.0772)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE4 #E4B079

analogous

#79E3E4 #79ADE4 #7A79E4

triadic

#79ADE4 #E479AD #ADE479

tetradic

#79ADE4 #E479E3 #E4B079 #79E47A

square

#79ADE4 #E479E3 #E4B079 #79E47A

split-complementary

#79ADE4 #E47A79 #E3E479

monochromatic

#266FBD #468EDA #79ADE4 #ACCCEE #DFEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ABAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5ec',
    500: '#79ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade4;
$custom-light: #a5c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.841,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE4

secondary

#ECDDCC

accent

#7517CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE4

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

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