#79AFD2#79AFD2

#79AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.076 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFD2
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -8.63, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 24.83, 249.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0408 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.076 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8440, 39.3758, 66.7245)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFD2 #D29C79

analogous

#79D2C9 #79AFD2 #7982D2

triadic

#79AFD2 #D279AF #AFD279

tetradic

#79AFD2 #C979D2 #D29C79 #82D279

square

#79AFD2 #C979D2 #D29C79 #82D279

split-complementary

#79AFD2 #D27982 #D2C979

monochromatic

#34739C #4B94C3 #79AFD2 #A7CAE1 #D5E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#79AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#79AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFD2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFD2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.076 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6df',
    500: '#79afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afd2;
$custom-light: #a3c6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.596,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72933,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFD2

secondary

#E3D0C4

accent

#6328BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFD2

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

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