#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
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 2.78, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 42.23, 273.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0276 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.122 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9587, 41.1114, 94.6184)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##79AEF8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEF8

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

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