#79AEF0#79AEF0

#79AEF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEF0
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 240)
HSL	hsl(213, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 0.42, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 38.33, 270.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0299 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.111 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7440, 40.6255, 88.2211)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEF0 #F0BB79

analogous

#79EAF0 #79AEF0 #7F79F0

triadic

#79AEF0 #F079AE #AEF079

tetradic

#79AEF0 #F079EA #F0BB79 #79F07F

square

#79AEF0 #F079EA #F0BB79 #79F07F

split-complementary

#79AEF0 #F07F79 #EAF079

monochromatic

#186DD7 #428DEA #79AEF0 #B0CFF6 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79AEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#79AEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF0

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEF0	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f5',
    500: '#79aef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aef0;
$custom-light: #a6c5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.277,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEF0

secondary

#F2E4D2

accent

#7E09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →