#79AEDF#79AEDF

#79AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AEDF
RGBrgb(121, 174, 223)
HSLhsl(209, 61%, 67%)
HSVhsv(209, 46%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(45.7%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.23, -4.48, -30.11)
CIE-LCHlch(69.23, 30.44, 261.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.26% -0.0352 -0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(73.26% 0.091 247.2)
XYZxyz(36.3359, 39.6623, 75.5386)
Luminance0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AEDF #DFAA79
analogous
#79DFDD #79AEDF #797BDF
triadic
#79AEDF #DF79AE #AEDF79
tetradic
#79AEDF #DD79DF #DFAA79 #7BDF79
square
#79AEDF #DD79DF #DFAA79 #7BDF79
split-complementary
#79AEDF #DF797B #DFDD79
monochromatic
#2B71B3 #4890D3 #79AEDF #AACCEB #DCEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#79AEDF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93
#79AEDF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEDF
8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AEDF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AEDF1.002.358.938.93
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9321.001.001.00
##0000008.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AAFE1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA4DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4EB9BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 247.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e9',
    500: '#79aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79aedf;
$custom-light: #a4c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AEDF
secondary
#EAD9CA
accent
#6F1CC9
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FC
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

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#79AEDF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva