#79AEEF#79AEEF

#79AEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEEF
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 0.12, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 37.85, 270.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0302 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.11 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5959, 40.5663, 87.4409)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEEF #EFBA79

analogous

#79E9EF #79AEEF #7F79EF

triadic

#79AEEF #EF79AE #AEEF79

tetradic

#79AEEF #EF79E9 #EFBA79 #79EF7F

square

#79AEEF #EF79E9 #EFBA79 #79EF7F

split-complementary

#79AEEF #EF7F79 #E9EF79

monochromatic

#196DD4 #428DE8 #79AEEF #B0CFF6 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#79AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEEF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEEF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f4',
    500: '#79aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aeef;
$custom-light: #a6c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.051,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73973,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEEF

secondary

#F2E4D2

accent

#7D0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEEF

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

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