#79AEF3#79AEF3

#79AEF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEF3
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 243)
HSL	hsl(214, 84%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 1.30, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 39.78, 271.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.029 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.115 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1933, 40.8052, 90.5875)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEF3 #F3BE79

analogous

#79EBF3 #79AEF3 #8179F3

triadic

#79AEF3 #F379AE #AEF379

tetradic

#79AEF3 #F379EB #F3BE79 #79F381

square

#79AEF3 #F379EB #F3BE79 #79F381

split-complementary

#79AEF3 #F38179 #EBF379

monochromatic

#146CDE #418CEE #79AEF3 #B1D0F8 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79AEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#79AEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEF3	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B2F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aef3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f7',
    500: '#79aef3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aef3;
$custom-light: #a6c5f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aef3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.934,
    "s": 83.562,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEF3

secondary

#F4E6D4

accent

#8106E0

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF3

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

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