#79AEDB#79AEDB

#79AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.086 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEDB
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -5.60, -28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 28.70, 258.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0365 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.086 245)
XYZ	xyz(35.8030, 39.4491, 72.7319)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEDB #DBA679

analogous

#79DBD7 #79AEDB #797DDB

triadic

#79AEDB #DB79AE #AEDB79

tetradic

#79AEDB #D779DB #DBA679 #7DDB79

square

#79AEDB #D779DB #DBA679 #7DDB79

split-complementary

#79AEDB #DB797D #DBD779

monochromatic

#2E72AC #4991CE #79AEDB #A9CBE8 #D9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#79AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEDB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.086 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e6',
    500: '#79aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aedb;
$custom-light: #a4c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.551,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEDB

secondary

#E8D7C8

accent

#6C20C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEDB

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

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