#79AFC8#79AFC8

#79AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.067 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFC8
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -11.30, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 21.52, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0445 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.067 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6369, 38.8929, 60.3670)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFC8 #C89279

analogous

#79C8B9 #79AFC8 #7987C8

triadic

#79AFC8 #C879AF #AFC879

tetradic

#79AFC8 #B979C8 #C89279 #87C879

square

#79AFC8 #B979C8 #C89279 #87C879

split-complementary

#79AFC8 #C87987 #C8B979

monochromatic

#3A738D #4E95B6 #79AFC8 #A4C9DA #D0E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#79AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#79AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFC8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFC8	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.067 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6d8',
    500: '#79afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afc8;
$custom-light: #a3c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.987,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFC8

secondary

#DDC9C0

accent

#5A31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFC8

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

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