#79AEBE#79AEBE

#79AEBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.060 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEBE
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -13.36, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 19.15, 225.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0471 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.06 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3123, 38.0528, 54.3475)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEBE #BE8979

analogous

#79BEAB #79AEBE #798BBE

triadic

#79AEBE #BE79AE #AEBE79

tetradic

#79AEBE #AB79BE #BE8979 #8BBE79

square

#79AEBE #AB79BE #BE8979 #8BBE79

split-complementary

#79AEBE #BE798B #BEAB79

monochromatic

#3E707F #5294A8 #79AEBE #A2C7D2 #CBE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#79AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#79AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEBE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEBE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.060 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6d1',
    500: '#79aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aebe;
$custom-light: #a2c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.06026,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEBE

secondary

#D6C2BC

accent

#5338AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEBE

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

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