#79AED2#79AED2

#79AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.077 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED2
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -8.09, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 25.06, 251.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0396 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.077 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6501, 38.9880, 66.6598)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED2 #D29D79

analogous

#79D2CA #79AED2 #7981D2

triadic

#79AED2 #D279AE #AED279

tetradic

#79AED2 #CA79D2 #D29D79 #81D279

square

#79AED2 #CA79D2 #D29D79 #81D279

split-complementary

#79AED2 #D27981 #D2CA79

monochromatic

#34729C #4B92C3 #79AED2 #A7CAE1 #D5E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#79AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.077 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e0',
    500: '#79aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed2;
$custom-light: #a3c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.27,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED2

secondary

#E3D1C4

accent

#6528BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED2

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

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