#79ADE8#79ADE8

#79ADE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE8
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -1.35, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 34.93, 267.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0311 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.102 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3893, 39.7757, 82.0355)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE8 #E8B479

analogous

#79E5E8 #79ADE8 #7D79E8

triadic

#79ADE8 #E879AD #ADE879

tetradic

#79ADE8 #E879E5 #E8B479 #79E87D

square

#79ADE8 #E879E5 #E8B479 #79E87D

split-complementary

#79ADE8 #E87D79 #E5E879

monochromatic

#226EC5 #458DDF #79ADE8 #ADCDF1 #E1EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79ADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#79ADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5ef',
    500: '#79ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade8;
$custom-light: #a5c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.892,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE8

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7913D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE8

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

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