#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
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -3.04, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.22, 264.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0341 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.098 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4932, 40.4354, 80.6767)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##79AFE6	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE6

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

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