#79AEDA#79AEDA

#79AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.085 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEDA
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -5.88, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 28.28, 258.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0368 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.085 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6718, 39.3966, 72.0407)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEDA #DAA579

analogous

#79DAD5 #79AEDA #797EDA

triadic

#79AEDA #DA79AE #AEDA79

tetradic

#79AEDA #D579DA #DAA579 #7EDA79

square

#79AEDA #D579DA #DAA579 #7EDA79

split-complementary

#79AEDA #DA797E #DAD579

monochromatic

#2F72AA #4991CD #79AEDA #A9CBE7 #D9E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#79AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEDA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.085 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e5',
    500: '#79aeda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeda;
$custom-light: #a4c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.216,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEDA

secondary

#E7D6C8

accent

#6B21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEDA

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

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