#79AED1#79AED1

#79AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.076 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED1
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(204, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -8.36, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 24.68, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.04 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.076 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5259, 38.9383, 66.0058)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED1 #D19C79

analogous

#79D1C8 #79AED1 #7982D1

triadic

#79AED1 #D179AE #AED179

tetradic

#79AED1 #C879D1 #D19C79 #82D179

square

#79AED1 #C879D1 #D19C79 #82D179

split-complementary

#79AED1 #D17982 #D1C879

monochromatic

#35729B #4B92C1 #79AED1 #A7CAE1 #D4E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#79AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED1

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED1	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.076 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6df',
    500: '#79aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed1;
$custom-light: #a3c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.864,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED1

secondary

#E2D0C4

accent

#6429BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED1

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

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