#79AFEB#79AFEB

#79AFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFEB
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -1.60, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 35.54, 267.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0325 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.104 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2054, 40.7203, 84.4277)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFEB #EBB579

analogous

#79E8EB #79AFEB #7C79EB

triadic

#79AFEB #EB79AF #AFEB79

tetradic

#79AFEB #EB79E8 #EBB579 #79EB7C

square

#79AFEB #EB79E8 #EBB579 #79EB7C

split-complementary

#79AFEB #EB7C79 #E8EB79

monochromatic

#1E70CB #448FE3 #79AFEB #AECFF3 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#79AFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#79AFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFEB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFEB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f1',
    500: '#79afeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afeb;
$custom-light: #a5c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFEB

secondary

#F0E1D0

accent

#780FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFEB

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

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