#79AFDE#79AFDE

#79AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.089 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFDE
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -5.31, -29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 29.67, 259.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0367 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.089 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3954, 39.9963, 74.8953)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFDE #DEA879

analogous

#79DEDB #79AFDE #797DDE

triadic

#79AFDE #DE79AF #AFDE79

tetradic

#79AFDE #DB79DE #DEA879 #7DDE79

square

#79AFDE #DB79DE #DEA879 #7DDE79

split-complementary

#79AFDE #DE797D #DEDB79

monochromatic

#2C73B1 #4892D2 #79AFDE #AACCEA #DBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#79AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFDE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFDE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.089 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e8',
    500: '#79afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afde;
$custom-light: #a4c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.921,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFDE

secondary

#E9D8C9

accent

#6D1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFDE

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

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