#79AFD7#79AFD7

#79AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.081 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFD7
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -7.26, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 26.76, 254.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0391 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.081 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4767, 39.6288, 70.0565)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFD7 #D7A179

analogous

#79D7D0 #79AFD7 #7980D7

triadic

#79AFD7 #D779AF #AFD779

tetradic

#79AFD7 #D079D7 #D7A179 #80D779

square

#79AFD7 #D079D7 #D7A179 #80D779

split-complementary

#79AFD7 #D77980 #D7D079

monochromatic

#3173A4 #4A93C9 #79AFD7 #A8CBE5 #D7E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#79AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFD7

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFD7	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.081 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e3',
    500: '#79afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afd7;
$custom-light: #a4c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFD7

secondary

#E5D4C6

accent

#6724C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFD7

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

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