#79AEDE#79AEDE

#79AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.090 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEDE
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -4.76, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 30.00, 260.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0355 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.09 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2015, 39.6085, 74.8307)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEDE #DEA979

analogous

#79DEDC #79AEDE #797CDE

triadic

#79AEDE #DE79AE #AEDE79

tetradic

#79AEDE #DC79DE #DEA979 #7CDE79

square

#79AEDE #DC79DE #DEA979 #7CDE79

split-complementary

#79AEDE #DE797C #DEDC79

monochromatic

#2C72B1 #4890D2 #79AEDE #AACCEA #DBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#79AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEDE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.090 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e8',
    500: '#79aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aede;
$custom-light: #a4c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.515,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73212,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEDE

secondary

#E9D9C9

accent

#6F1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEDE

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

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