#79AED8#79AED8

#79AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.083 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AED8
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -6.44, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 27.44, 256.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0375 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.083 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4117, 39.2926, 70.6707)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AED8 #D8A379

analogous

#79D8D2 #79AED8 #797ED8

triadic

#79AED8 #D879AE #AED879

tetradic

#79AED8 #D279D8 #D8A379 #7ED879

square

#79AED8 #D279D8 #D8A379 #7ED879

split-complementary

#79AED8 #D8797E #D8D279

monochromatic

#3072A6 #4A91CA #79AED8 #A8CBE6 #D8E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#79AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AED8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AED8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.083 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e4',
    500: '#79aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aed8;
$custom-light: #a4c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.526,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AED8

secondary

#E6D5C7

accent

#6A23C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AED8

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

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