#79ADEE#79ADEE

#79ADEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADEE
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 0.39, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.79, 270.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0293 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.11 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2561, 40.1224, 86.6008)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADEE #EEBA79

analogous

#79E8EE #79ADEE #7F79EE

triadic

#79ADEE #EE79AD #ADEE79

tetradic

#79ADEE #EE79E8 #EEBA79 #79EE7F

square

#79ADEE #EE79E8 #EEBA79 #79EE7F

split-complementary

#79ADEE #EE7F79 #E8EE79

monochromatic

#1B6CD2 #438CE7 #79ADEE #AFCEF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#79ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADEE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADEE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f3',
    500: '#79adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79adee;
$custom-light: #a6c5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73712,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7E0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADEE

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

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