#79AFD1#79AFD1

#79AFD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.075 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFD1
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 209)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -8.90, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 24.47, 248.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0412 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.075 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7198, 39.3261, 66.0704)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFD1 #D19B79

analogous

#79D1C7 #79AFD1 #7983D1

triadic

#79AFD1 #D179AF #AFD179

tetradic

#79AFD1 #C779D1 #D19B79 #83D179

square

#79AFD1 #C779D1 #D19B79 #83D179

split-complementary

#79AFD1 #D17983 #D1C779

monochromatic

#35739B #4B94C1 #79AFD1 #A7CAE1 #D4E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79AFD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#79AFD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFD1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFD1	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.075 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6df',
    500: '#79afd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afd1;
$custom-light: #a3c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFD1

secondary

#E2CFC4

accent

#6229BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFD1

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

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