#79AEDD#79AEDD

#79AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.089 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEDD
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -5.04, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 29.56, 260.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0358 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.089 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0679, 39.5551, 74.1269)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEDD #DDA879

analogous

#79DDDA #79AEDD #797CDD

triadic

#79AEDD #DD79AE #AEDD79

tetradic

#79AEDD #DA79DD #DDA879 #7CDD79

square

#79AEDD #DA79DD #DDA879 #7CDD79

split-complementary

#79AEDD #DD797C #DDDA79

monochromatic

#2C72AF #4890D1 #79AEDD #AACCE9 #DBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEDD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.089 246.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73169,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEDD

secondary

#E9D8C9

accent

#6E1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEDD

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

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