#79AEE2#79AEE2

#79AEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.094 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEE2
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -3.63, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 31.78, 263.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0342 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.094 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7440, 39.8255, 77.6876)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEE2 #E2AD79

analogous

#79E2E1 #79AEE2 #7979E2

triadic

#79AEE2 #E279AE #AEE279

tetradic

#79AEE2 #E179E2 #E2AD79 #79E279

square

#79AEE2 #E179E2 #E2AD79 #79E279

split-complementary

#79AEE2 #E27979 #E2E179

monochromatic

#2871B9 #4790D7 #79AEE2 #ABCCED #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#79AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEE2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEE2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.094 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6eb',
    500: '#79aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aee2;
$custom-light: #a5c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.714,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEE2

secondary

#EBDBCB

accent

#7219CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEE2

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

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