#79AFE8#79AFE8

#79AFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE8
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -2.46, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 34.14, 265.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0335 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.101 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7756, 40.5484, 82.1643)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE8 #E8B279

analogous

#79E7E8 #79AFE8 #7B79E8

triadic

#79AFE8 #E879AF #AFE879

tetradic

#79AFE8 #E879E7 #E8B279 #79E87B

square

#79AFE8 #E879E7 #E8B279 #79E87B

split-complementary

#79AFE8 #E87B79 #E7E879

monochromatic

#2271C5 #4590DF #79AFE8 #ADCEF1 #E1EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79AFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#79AFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6ef',
    500: '#79afe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe8;
$custom-light: #a5c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.811,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE8

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE8

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

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