#79ADE6#79ADE6

#79ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.100 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE6
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -1.93, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.99, 266.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0317 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.1 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1068, 39.6627, 80.5479)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE6 #E6B279

analogous

#79E4E6 #79ADE6 #7C79E6

triadic

#79ADE6 #E679AD #ADE679

tetradic

#79ADE6 #E679E4 #E6B279 #79E67C

square

#79ADE6 #E679E4 #E6B279 #79E67C

split-complementary

#79ADE6 #E67C79 #E4E679

monochromatic

#246FC1 #458DDC #79ADE6 #ADCDF0 #E0ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#79ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE6

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE6	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.100 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5ee',
    500: '#79ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade6;
$custom-light: #a5c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.376,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE6

secondary

#EEDECD

accent

#7715D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE6

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

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