#79ADE9#79ADE9

#79ADE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADE9
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -1.07, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 35.40, 268.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0308 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.104 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5317, 39.8326, 82.7857)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADE9 #E9B579

analogous

#79E5E9 #79ADE9 #7D79E9

triadic

#79ADE9 #E979AD #ADE979

tetradic

#79ADE9 #E979E5 #E9B579 #79E97D

square

#79ADE9 #E979E5 #E9B579 #79E97D

split-complementary

#79ADE9 #E97D79 #E5E979

monochromatic

#216EC7 #448DE0 #79ADE9 #AECDF2 #E2EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79ADE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#79ADE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADE9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADE9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ade9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f0',
    500: '#79ade9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ade9;
$custom-light: #a5c5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ade9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73482,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADE9

secondary

#EFE0CF

accent

#7A12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADE9

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

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