#79AEE3#79AEE3

#79AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEE3
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -3.34, -32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 32.23, 264.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0339 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.096 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8816, 39.8806, 78.4124)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEE3 #E3AE79

analogous

#79E3E3 #79AEE3 #7979E3

triadic

#79AEE3 #E379AE #AEE379

tetradic

#79AEE3 #E379E3 #E3AE79 #79E379

square

#79AEE3 #E379E3 #E3AE79 #79E379

split-complementary

#79AEE3 #E37979 #E3E379

monochromatic

#2771BB #468FD8 #79AEE3 #ACCDEE #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#79AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEE3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEE3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ec',
    500: '#79aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aee3;
$custom-light: #a5c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEE3

secondary

#ECDCCC

accent

#7318CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEE3

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

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