#79ADEF#79ADEF

#79ADEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADEF
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 0.68, -38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 38.28, 271.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.029 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.111 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4034, 40.1813, 87.3767)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADEF #EFBB79

analogous

#79E8EF #79ADEF #8079EF

triadic

#79ADEF #EF79AD #ADEF79

tetradic

#79ADEF #EF79E8 #EFBB79 #79EF80

square

#79ADEF #EF79E8 #EFBB79 #79EF80

split-complementary

#79ADEF #EF8079 #E8EF79

monochromatic

#196CD4 #428CE8 #79ADEF #B0CEF6 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79ADEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#79ADEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADEF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADEF	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79adef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f4',
    500: '#79adef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79adef;
$custom-light: #a6c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79adef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADEF

secondary

#F2E4D2

accent

#7F0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADEF

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

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