#79AFE2#79AFE2

#79AFE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE2
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -4.18, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 31.42, 262.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0354 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.094 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9379, 40.2133, 77.7523)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE2 #E2AC79

analogous

#79E2E0 #79AFE2 #797AE2

triadic

#79AFE2 #E279AF #AFE279

tetradic

#79AFE2 #E079E2 #E2AC79 #7AE279

square

#79AFE2 #E079E2 #E2AC79 #7AE279

split-complementary

#79AFE2 #E2797A #E2E079

monochromatic

#2872B9 #4791D7 #79AFE2 #ABCDED #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79AFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#79AFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE2

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE2	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6eb',
    500: '#79afe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe2;
$custom-light: #a5c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE2

secondary

#EBDBCB

accent

#7019CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE2

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

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