#79AECA#79AECA

#79AECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.069 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AECA
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -10.24, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 22.24, 242.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0425 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.069 232)
XYZ	xyz(33.6783, 38.5992, 61.5414)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AECA #CA9579

analogous

#79CABE #79AECA #7985CA

triadic

#79AECA #CA79AE #AECA79

tetradic

#79AECA #BE79CA #CA9579 #85CA79

square

#79AECA #BE79CA #CA9579 #85CA79

split-complementary

#79AECA #CA7985 #CABE79

monochromatic

#397290 #4D93B9 #79AECA #A5C9DB #D1E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#79AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#79AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AECA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AECA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.069 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6da',
    500: '#79aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeca;
$custom-light: #a3c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.741,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.06904,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AECA

secondary

#DECBC1

accent

#5E2FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AECA

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

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