#79AEDC#79AEDC

#79AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.087 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEDC
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -5.32, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 29.13, 259.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0362 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.087 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9351, 39.5019, 73.4273)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEDC #DCA779

analogous

#79DCD9 #79AEDC #797DDC

triadic

#79AEDC #DC79AE #AEDC79

tetradic

#79AEDC #D979DC #DCA779 #7DDC79

square

#79AEDC #D979DC #DCA779 #7DDC79

split-complementary

#79AEDC #DC797D #DCD979

monochromatic

#2D72AD #4891CF #79AEDC #AACBE9 #DAE9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#79AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDC

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEDC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.087 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e7',
    500: '#79aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aedc;
$custom-light: #a4c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.879,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEDC

secondary

#E8D7C9

accent

#6D1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEDC

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

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