#79AED7#79AED7

#79AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.082 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED7
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -6.71, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 27.03, 255.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0378 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.082 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2828, 39.2410, 69.9919)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED7 #D7A279

analogous

#79D7D1 #79AED7 #797FD7

triadic

#79AED7 #D779AE #AED779

tetradic

#79AED7 #D179D7 #D7A279 #7FD779

square

#79AED7 #D179D7 #D7A279 #7FD779

split-complementary

#79AED7 #D7797F #D7D179

monochromatic

#3172A4 #4A92C9 #79AED7 #A8CAE5 #D7E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#79AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.082 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e3',
    500: '#79aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed7;
$custom-light: #a4c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.17,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72916,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED7

secondary

#E5D4C6

accent

#6924C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED7

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

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