#79AECB#79AECB

#79AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.070 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AECB
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -9.97, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 22.56, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0421 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.07 233)
XYZ	xyz(33.7970, 38.6467, 62.1670)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AECB #CB9679

analogous

#79CBBF #79AECB #7985CB

triadic

#79AECB #CB79AE #AECB79

tetradic

#79AECB #BF79CB #CB9679 #85CB79

square

#79AECB #BF79CB #CB9679 #85CB79

split-complementary

#79AECB #CB7985 #CBBF79

monochromatic

#387291 #4D93BA #79AECB #A5C9DC #D1E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#79AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#79AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AECB

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AECB	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.070 233.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.22,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72433,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.38649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AECB

secondary

#DECCC1

accent

#5F2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AECB

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

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