#79AEE9#79AEE9

#79AEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEE9
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -1.62, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 35.00, 267.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.032 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.103 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7242, 40.2176, 82.8499)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEE9 #E9B479

analogous

#79E6E9 #79AEE9 #7C79E9

triadic

#79AEE9 #E979AE #AEE979

tetradic

#79AEE9 #E979E6 #E9B479 #79E97C

square

#79AEE9 #E979E6 #E9B479 #79E97C

split-complementary

#79AEE9 #E97C79 #E6E979

monochromatic

#216FC7 #448EE0 #79AEE9 #AECEF2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#79AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEE9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEE9	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f0',
    500: '#79aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aee9;
$custom-light: #a5c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.607,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEE9

secondary

#EFE0CF

accent

#7812D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEE9

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

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