#79AEE6#79AEE6

#79AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.099 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEE6
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -2.48, -33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 33.60, 265.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0329 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.099 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2993, 40.0476, 80.6120)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEE6 #E6B179

analogous

#79E4E6 #79AEE6 #7B79E6

triadic

#79AEE6 #E679AE #AEE679

tetradic

#79AEE6 #E679E4 #E6B179 #79E67B

square

#79AEE6 #E679E4 #E6B179 #79E67B

split-complementary

#79AEE6 #E67B79 #E4E679

monochromatic

#2470C1 #458FDC #79AEE6 #ADCDF0 #E0ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#79AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEE6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEE6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.099 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ee',
    500: '#79aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aee6;
$custom-light: #a5c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.826,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEE6

secondary

#EEDECD

accent

#7515D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEE6

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

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