#79AFDF#79AFDF

#79AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.090 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFDF
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -5.03, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 30.10, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0364 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.09 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5299, 40.0501, 75.6032)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFDF #DFA979

analogous

#79DFDC #79AFDF #797CDF

triadic

#79AFDF #DF79AF #AFDF79

tetradic

#79AFDF #DC79DF #DFA979 #7CDF79

square

#79AFDF #DC79DF #DFA979 #7CDF79

split-complementary

#79AFDF #DF797C #DFDC79

monochromatic

#2B73B3 #4892D3 #79AFDF #AACCEB #DCEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#79AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFDF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFDF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.090 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e9',
    500: '#79afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afdf;
$custom-light: #a4c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFDF

secondary

#EAD9CA

accent

#6E1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFDF

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

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