#79AFEC#79AFEC

#79AFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFEC
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -1.31, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 36.01, 267.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0322 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.106 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3503, 40.7783, 85.1907)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFEC #ECB679

analogous

#79E8EC #79AFEC #7D79EC

triadic

#79AFEC #EC79AF #AFEC79

tetradic

#79AFEC #EC79E8 #ECB679 #79EC7D

square

#79AFEC #EC79E8 #ECB679 #79EC7D

split-complementary

#79AFEC #EC7D79 #E8EC79

monochromatic

#1D70CD #438FE4 #79AFEC #AFCFF4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79AFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#79AFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFEC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFEC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f2',
    500: '#79afec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afec;
$custom-light: #a5c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.826,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFEC

secondary

#F0E1D0

accent

#790ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFEC

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

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