#79AECF#79AECF

#79AECF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.074 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AECF
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 207)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -8.90, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 23.94, 248.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0407 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.074 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2799, 38.8399, 64.7099)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AECF #CF9A79

analogous

#79CFC5 #79AECF #7983CF

triadic

#79AECF #CF79AE #AECF79

tetradic

#79AECF #C579CF #CF9A79 #83CF79

square

#79AECF #C579CF #CF9A79 #83CF79

split-complementary

#79AECF #CF7983 #CFC579

monochromatic

#367297 #4C93BF #79AECF #A6C9DF #D3E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#79AECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AECF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AECF	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.074 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6dd',
    500: '#79aecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aecf;
$custom-light: #a3c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.023,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AECF

secondary

#E1CEC3

accent

#622BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AECF

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

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