#79AEF2#79AEF2

#79AEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEF2
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(214, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 1.00, -39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 39.30, 271.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0293 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.114 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0427, 40.7450, 89.7944)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEF2 #F2BD79

analogous

#79EAF2 #79AEF2 #8079F2

triadic

#79AEF2 #F279AE #AEF279

tetradic

#79AEF2 #F279EA #F2BD79 #79F280

square

#79AEF2 #F279EA #F2BD79 #79F280

split-complementary

#79AEF2 #F28079 #EAF279

monochromatic

#156CDB #418CED #79AEF2 #B1D0F7 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79AEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#79AEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEF2	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A6F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f6',
    500: '#79aef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aef2;
$custom-light: #a6c5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.719,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEF2

secondary

#F3E5D3

accent

#8007DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF2

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

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