#79AEED#79AEED

#79AEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.108 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEED
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -0.46, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 36.89, 269.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0308 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.108 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3020, 40.4487, 85.8934)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEED #EDB879

analogous

#79E8ED #79AEED #7E79ED

triadic

#79AEED #ED79AE #AEED79

tetradic

#79AEED #ED79E8 #EDB879 #79ED7E

square

#79AEED #ED79E8 #EDB879 #79ED7E

split-complementary

#79AEED #ED7E79 #E8ED79

monochromatic

#1C6ED0 #438DE6 #79AEED #AFCFF4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79AEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#79AEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEED

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEED	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.108 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6f3',
    500: '#79aeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeed;
$custom-light: #a6c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.586,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEED

secondary

#F1E2D1

accent

#7C0DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEED

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

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