#79AED6#79AED6

#79AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.081 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED6
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(206, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -6.99, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 26.63, 254.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0382 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.081 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1547, 39.1898, 69.3172)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED6 #D6A179

analogous

#79D6CF #79AED6 #797FD6

triadic

#79AED6 #D679AE #AED679

tetradic

#79AED6 #CF79D6 #D6A179 #7FD679

square

#79AED6 #CF79D6 #D6A179 #7FD679

split-complementary

#79AED6 #D6797F #D6CF79

monochromatic

#3272A3 #4A92C8 #79AED6 #A8CAE4 #D7E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#79AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.081 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e2',
    500: '#79aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed6;
$custom-light: #a4c6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.806,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED6

secondary

#E5D3C6

accent

#6825C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED6

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

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