#79AED3#79AED3

#79AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.078 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED3
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -7.81, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 25.44, 252.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0392 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.078 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7751, 39.0379, 67.3180)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED3 #D39E79

analogous

#79D3CB #79AED3 #7981D3

triadic

#79AED3 #D379AE #AED379

tetradic

#79AED3 #CB79D3 #D39E79 #81D379

square

#79AED3 #CB79D3 #D39E79 #81D379

split-complementary

#79AED3 #D37981 #D3CB79

monochromatic

#34729E #4B92C4 #79AED3 #A7CAE2 #D5E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#79AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED3	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.078 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e0',
    500: '#79aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed3;
$custom-light: #a3c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED3

secondary

#E3D1C5

accent

#6528BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED3

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

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