#79AFCD#79AFCD

#79AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.072 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFCD
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -9.98, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 23.07, 244.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0426 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.072 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2308, 39.1305, 63.4950)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFCD #CD9779

analogous

#79CDC1 #79AFCD #7985CD

triadic

#79AFCD #CD79AF #AFCD79

tetradic

#79AFCD #C179CD #CD9779 #85CD79

square

#79AFCD #C179CD #CD9779 #85CD79

split-complementary

#79AFCD #CD7985 #CDC179

monochromatic

#377394 #4C94BC #79AFCD #A6CADE #D2E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#79AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFCD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFCD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.072 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6dc',
    500: '#79afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afcd;
$custom-light: #a3c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFCD

secondary

#E0CDC2

accent

#5F2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFCD

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

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