#79AECD#79AECD

#79AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AECD
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -9.44, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 23.24, 246.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0414 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.072 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0369, 38.7427, 63.4303)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AECD #CD9879

analogous

#79CDC2 #79AECD #7984CD

triadic

#79AECD #CD79AE #AECD79

tetradic

#79AECD #C279CD #CD9879 #84CD79

square

#79AECD #C279CD #CD9879 #84CD79

split-complementary

#79AECD #CD7984 #CDC279

monochromatic

#377294 #4C93BC #79AECD #A6C9DE #D2E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#79AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AECD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AECD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6dc',
    500: '#79aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aecd;
$custom-light: #a3c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AECD

secondary

#E0CDC2

accent

#602DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AECD

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

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