#79AFE4#79AFE4

#79AFE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AFE4
RGBrgb(121, 175, 228)
HSLhsl(210, 66%, 68%)
HSVhsv(210, 47%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(46.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.70, -3.61, -32.11)
CIE-LCHlch(69.70, 32.32, 263.59°)
OKLaboklab(73.69% -0.0347 -0.0895)
OKLCHoklch(73.69% 0.096 248.8)
XYZxyz(37.2139, 40.3237, 79.2060)
Luminance0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AFE4 #E4AE79
analogous
#79E4E4 #79AFE4 #7979E4
triadic
#79AFE4 #E479AF #AFE479
tetradic
#79AFE4 #E479E4 #E4AE79 #79E479
square
#79AFE4 #E479E4 #E4AE79 #79E479
split-complementary
#79AFE4 #E47979 #E4E479
monochromatic
#2672BD #4691DA #79AFE4 #ACCDEE #DFECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#79AFE4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#79AFE4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE4
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AFE4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AFE41.002.329.079.07
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB0E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA5E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4ABBC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79afe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 248.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ec',
    500: '#79afe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79afe4;
$custom-light: #a5c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79afe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.72,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AFE4
secondary
#ECDCCC
accent
#7217CE
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#79AFE4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva