#79AED0#79AED0

#79AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.075 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED0
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -8.63, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 24.31, 249.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0403 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.075 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4025, 38.8889, 65.3558)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED0 #D09B79

analogous

#79D0C6 #79AED0 #7983D0

triadic

#79AED0 #D079AE #AED079

tetradic

#79AED0 #C679D0 #D09B79 #83D079

square

#79AED0 #C679D0 #D09B79 #83D079

split-complementary

#79AED0 #D07983 #D0C679

monochromatic

#367299 #4C93C0 #79AED0 #A6C9E0 #D4E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#79AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.075 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6de',
    500: '#79aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed0;
$custom-light: #a3c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.448,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED0

secondary

#E1CFC3

accent

#632ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED0

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

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