#79AEEC#79AEEC

#79AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEEC
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -0.75, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 36.41, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0311 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.106 253)
XYZ	xyz(38.1564, 40.3905, 85.1261)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEEC #ECB779

analogous

#79E7EC #79AEEC #7E79EC

triadic

#79AEEC #EC79AE #AEEC79

tetradic

#79AEEC #EC79E7 #ECB779 #79EC7E

square

#79AEEC #EC79E7 #ECB779 #79EC7E

split-complementary

#79AEEC #EC7E79 #E7EC79

monochromatic

#1D6ECD #438EE4 #79AEEC #AFCEF4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#79AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEEC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEEC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f2',
    500: '#79aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeec;
$custom-light: #a5c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.348,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEEC

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#7B0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEEC

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

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