#79AFCA#79AFCA

#79AFCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.069 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AFCA
RGBrgb(121, 175, 202)
HSLhsl(200, 43%, 63%)
HSVhsv(200, 40%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.74, -10.78, -19.31)
CIE-LCHlch(68.74, 22.11, 240.84°)
OKLaboklab(72.62% -0.0437 -0.0532)
OKLCHoklch(72.62% 0.069 230.6)
XYZxyz(33.8722, 38.9870, 61.6061)
Luminance0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AFCA #CA9479
analogous
#79CABC #79AFCA #7986CA
triadic
#79AFCA #CA79AF #AFCA79
tetradic
#79AFCA #BC79CA #CA9479 #86CA79
square
#79AFCA #BC79CA #CA9479 #86CA79
split-complementary
#79AFCA #CA7986 #CABC79
monochromatic
#397390 #4D95B9 #79AFCA #A5C9DB #D1E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#79AFCA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80
#79AFCA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFCA
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AFCA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AFCA1.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2ADCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A4CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5AB7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79afca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.069 230.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6da',
    500: '#79afca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79afca;
$custom-light: #a3c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79afca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.06889,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AFCA
secondary
#DECBC1
accent
#5C2FB6
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FA
border
#CED1D3
text
#0F1314
muted
#7F8283

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