#79AEEA#79AEEA

#79AEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEEA
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -1.33, -35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 35.47, 267.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0317 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.104 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8674, 40.2749, 83.6043)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEEA #EAB579

analogous

#79E7EA #79AEEA #7D79EA

triadic

#79AEEA #EA79AE #AEEA79

tetradic

#79AEEA #EA79E7 #EAB579 #79EA7D

square

#79AEEA #EA79E7 #EAB579 #79EA7D

split-complementary

#79AEEA #EA7D79 #E7EA79

monochromatic

#206FC9 #448EE2 #79AEEA #AECEF2 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79AEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#79AEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEEA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEEA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f1',
    500: '#79aeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeea;
$custom-light: #a5c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.858,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEEA

secondary

#F0E0CF

accent

#7911D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEEA

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

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