#79AEEE#79AEEE

#79AEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEEE
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -0.17, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 37.37, 269.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0305 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.109 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4485, 40.5073, 86.6650)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEEE #EEB979

analogous

#79E8EE #79AEEE #7F79EE

triadic

#79AEEE #EE79AE #AEEE79

tetradic

#79AEEE #EE79E8 #EEB979 #79EE7F

square

#79AEEE #EE79E8 #EEB979 #79EE7F

split-complementary

#79AEEE #EE7F79 #E8EE79

monochromatic

#1B6ED2 #438DE7 #79AEEE #AFCFF5 #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#79AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEEE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEEE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 253.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.821,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73926,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7C0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEEE

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

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