#79AEF5#79AEF5

#79AEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEF5
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(214, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.89, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 40.76, 272.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0284 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.118 256)
XYZ	xyz(39.4970, 40.9267, 92.1868)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEF5 #F5C079

analogous

#79ECF5 #79AEF5 #8279F5

triadic

#79AEF5 #F579AE #AEF579

tetradic

#79AEF5 #F579EC #F5C079 #79F582

square

#79AEF5 #F579EC #F5C079 #79F582

split-complementary

#79AEF5 #F58279 #ECF579

monochromatic

#116BE3 #408CF1 #79AEF5 #B2D0F9 #E3EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79AEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#79AEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEF5	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f8',
    500: '#79aef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aef5;
$custom-light: #a6c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.355,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.4093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEF5

secondary

#F5E7D5

accent

#8303E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF5

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

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