#79AECC#79AECC

#79AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.071 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AECC
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -9.71, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 22.90, 244.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0418 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.071 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9166, 38.6945, 62.7966)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AECC #CC9779

analogous

#79CCC0 #79AECC #7984CC

triadic

#79AECC #CC79AE #AECC79

tetradic

#79AECC #C079CC #CC9779 #84CC79

square

#79AECC #C079CC #CC9779 #84CC79

split-complementary

#79AECC #CC7984 #CCC079

monochromatic

#387293 #4D93BB #79AECC #A5C9DD #D2E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#79AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AECC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AECC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.071 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6db',
    500: '#79aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aecc;
$custom-light: #a3c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.687,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.07083,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AECC

secondary

#DFCCC2

accent

#602DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AECC

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

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