#79AFD4#79AFD4

#79AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.078 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFD4
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -8.08, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 25.59, 251.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0401 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.078 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0947, 39.4761, 68.0449)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFD4 #D49E79

analogous

#79D4CC #79AFD4 #7981D4

triadic

#79AFD4 #D479AF #AFD479

tetradic

#79AFD4 #CC79D4 #D49E79 #81D479

square

#79AFD4 #CC79D4 #D49E79 #81D479

split-complementary

#79AFD4 #D47981 #D4CC79

monochromatic

#33739F #4B93C5 #79AFD4 #A7CBE3 #D6E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#79AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFD4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFD4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.078 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e1',
    500: '#79afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afd4;
$custom-light: #a3c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.396,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.07827,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFD4

secondary

#E4D2C5

accent

#6527BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFD4

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

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