#79AFE0#79AFE0

#79AFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.091 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE0
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 224)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -4.75, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 30.54, 261.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.036 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.091 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6651, 40.1042, 76.3154)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE0 #E0AA79

analogous

#79E0DE #79AFE0 #797BE0

triadic

#79AFE0 #E079AF #AFE079

tetradic

#79AFE0 #DE79E0 #E0AA79 #7BE079

square

#79AFE0 #DE79E0 #E0AA79 #7BE079

split-complementary

#79AFE0 #E0797B #E0DE79

monochromatic

#2A73B5 #4791D5 #79AFE0 #ABCDEB #DCEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79AFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#79AFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE0

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE0	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.091 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e9',
    500: '#79afe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe0;
$custom-light: #a4c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.544,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE0

secondary

#EADACA

accent

#6F1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE0

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

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