#79AFDD#79AFDD

#79AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.088 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFDD
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -5.59, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 29.24, 258.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.037 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.088 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2618, 39.9429, 74.1915)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFDD #DDA779

analogous

#79DDD9 #79AFDD #797DDD

triadic

#79AFDD #DD79AF #AFDD79

tetradic

#79AFDD #D979DD #DDA779 #7DDD79

square

#79AFDD #D979DD #DDA779 #7DDD79

split-complementary

#79AFDD #DD797D #DDD979

monochromatic

#2C73AF #4892D1 #79AFDD #AACCE9 #DBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#79AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFDD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFDD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.088 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e7',
    500: '#79afdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afdd;
$custom-light: #a4c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73388,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFDD

secondary

#E9D8C9

accent

#6C1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFDD

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

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