#79AFE5#79AFE5

#79AFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.097 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE5
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -3.32, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 32.77, 264.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0344 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.097 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3531, 40.3794, 79.9392)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE5 #E5AF79

analogous

#79E5E5 #79AFE5 #7979E5

triadic

#79AFE5 #E579AF #AFE579

tetradic

#79AFE5 #E579E5 #E5AF79 #79E579

square

#79AFE5 #E579E5 #E5AF79 #79E579

split-complementary

#79AFE5 #E57979 #E5E579

monochromatic

#2572BF #4690DB #79AFE5 #ACCEEF #E0ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79AFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#79AFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.097 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ed',
    500: '#79afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe5;
$custom-light: #a5c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE5

secondary

#EDDDCD

accent

#7316CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE5

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

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