#79AFE6#79AFE6

#79AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.098 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AFE6
RGBrgb(121, 175, 230)
HSLhsl(210, 69%, 69%)
HSVhsv(210, 47%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(47.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.78, -3.04, -33.08)
CIE-LCHlch(69.78, 33.22, 264.75°)
OKLaboklab(73.78% -0.0341 -0.0923)
OKLCHoklch(73.78% 0.098 249.7)
XYZxyz(37.4932, 40.4354, 80.6767)
Luminance0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AFE6 #E6B079
analogous
#79E6E6 #79AFE6 #7A79E6
triadic
#79AFE6 #E679AF #AFE679
tetradic
#79AFE6 #E679E6 #E6B079 #79E67A
square
#79AFE6 #E679E6 #E6B079 #79E67A
split-complementary
#79AFE6 #E67A79 #E6E679
monochromatic
#2472C1 #4590DC #79AFE6 #ADCEF0 #E0EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#79AFE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#79AFE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE6
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AFE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AFE61.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B1E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8BA6E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#48BCC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.098 249.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ee',
    500: '#79afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79afe6;
$custom-light: #a5c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.275,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AFE6
secondary
#EEDECD
accent
#7415D0
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

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#79AFE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva