#79AED5#79AED5

#79AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.080 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED5
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -7.26, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 26.22, 253.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0385 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.08 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0274, 39.1389, 68.6467)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED5 #D5A079

analogous

#79D5CE #79AED5 #7980D5

triadic

#79AED5 #D579AE #AED579

tetradic

#79AED5 #CE79D5 #D5A079 #80D579

square

#79AED5 #CE79D5 #D5A079 #80D579

split-complementary

#79AED5 #D57980 #D5CE79

monochromatic

#3272A1 #4A92C6 #79AED5 #A8CAE4 #D6E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#79AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED5	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.080 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e2',
    500: '#79aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed5;
$custom-light: #a4c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.435,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED5

secondary

#E4D3C5

accent

#6726C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED5

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

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