#79AFE9#79AFE9

#79AFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.102 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFE9
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -2.17, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.60, 266.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0332 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.102 251)
XYZ	xyz(37.9181, 40.6054, 82.9145)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFE9 #E9B379

analogous

#79E7E9 #79AFE9 #7B79E9

triadic

#79AFE9 #E979AF #AFE979

tetradic

#79AFE9 #E979E7 #E9B379 #79E97B

square

#79AFE9 #E979E7 #E9B379 #79E97B

split-complementary

#79AFE9 #E97B79 #E7E979

monochromatic

#2171C7 #4490E0 #79AFE9 #AECEF2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#79AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFE9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFE9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.102 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f0',
    500: '#79afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afe9;
$custom-light: #a5c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73913,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFE9

secondary

#EFDFCF

accent

#7612D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFE9

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

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