#79AEF8#79AEF8

#79AEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AEF8
RGBrgb(121, 174, 248)
HSLhsl(215, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(215, 51%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.25, 2.78, -42.14)
CIE-LCHlch(70.25, 42.23, 273.78°)
OKLaboklab(74.4% -0.0276 -0.1184)
OKLCHoklch(74.4% 0.122 256.9)
XYZxyz(39.9587, 41.1114, 94.6184)
Luminance0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AEF8 #F8C379
analogous
#79EDF8 #79AEF8 #8479F8
triadic
#79AEF8 #F879AE #AEF879
tetradic
#79AEF8 #F879ED #F8C379 #79F884
square
#79AEF8 #F879ED #F8C379 #79F884
split-complementary
#79AEF8 #F88479 #EDF879
monochromatic
#0C69EA #3F8BF5 #79AEF8 #B3D1FB #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#79AEF8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22
#79AEF8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEF8
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AEF8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AEF81.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91B2FB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81A6F6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38BEC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 256.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5fb',
    500: '#79aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79aef8;
$custom-light: #a7c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.961,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AEF8
secondary
#F6E8D5
accent
#8600E6
background
#FAFCFF
surface
#F4F8FF
border
#CED1D7
text
#101217
muted
#7F8185

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#79AEF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva