#79AED4#79AED4

#79AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.079 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED4
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -7.54, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 25.83, 253.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0389 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.079 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9008, 39.0882, 67.9803)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED4 #D49F79

analogous

#79D4CC #79AED4 #7980D4

triadic

#79AED4 #D479AE #AED479

tetradic

#79AED4 #CC79D4 #D49F79 #80D479

square

#79AED4 #CC79D4 #D49F79 #80D479

split-complementary

#79AED4 #D47980 #D4CC79

monochromatic

#33729F #4B92C5 #79AED4 #A7CAE3 #D6E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#79AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED4

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED4	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.079 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e1',
    500: '#79aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed4;
$custom-light: #a3c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.0787,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED4

secondary

#E4D2C5

accent

#6627BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED4

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

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