#79AFE3#79AFE3

#79AFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE3
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -3.89, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 31.87, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0351 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.095 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0755, 40.2684, 78.4770)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE3 #E3AD79

analogous

#79E3E2 #79AFE3 #797AE3

triadic

#79AFE3 #E379AF #AFE379

tetradic

#79AFE3 #E279E3 #E3AD79 #7AE379

square

#79AFE3 #E279E3 #E3AD79 #7AE379

split-complementary

#79AFE3 #E3797A #E3E279

monochromatic

#2772BB #4691D8 #79AFE3 #ACCDEE #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79AFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#79AFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE3

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE3	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BBBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ec',
    500: '#79afe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe3;
$custom-light: #a5c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE3

secondary

#ECDCCC

accent

#7118CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE3

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

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