#79AEC2#79AEC2

#79AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.063 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEC2
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -12.34, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 19.99, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0455 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.063 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7555, 38.2301, 56.6816)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEC2 #C28D79

analogous

#79C2B2 #79AEC2 #798AC2

triadic

#79AEC2 #C279AE #AEC279

tetradic

#79AEC2 #B279C2 #C28D79 #8AC279

square

#79AEC2 #B279C2 #C28D79 #8AC279

split-complementary

#79AEC2 #C2798A #C2B279

monochromatic

#3C7184 #4F94AE #79AEC2 #A3C7D5 #CDE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#79AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#79AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEC2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEC2	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.063 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6d4',
    500: '#79aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aec2;
$custom-light: #a2c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7209,
    "c": 0.06276,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEC2

secondary

#D9C5BE

accent

#5735B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEC2

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

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