#79AFED#79AFED

#79AFED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFED
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -1.02, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 36.48, 268.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0319 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.107 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4960, 40.8365, 85.9580)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFED #EDB779

analogous

#79E9ED #79AFED #7D79ED

triadic

#79AFED #ED79AF #AFED79

tetradic

#79AFED #ED79E9 #EDB779 #79ED7D

square

#79AFED #ED79E9 #EDB779 #79ED7D

split-complementary

#79AFED #ED7D79 #E9ED79

monochromatic

#1C70D0 #438FE6 #79AFED #AFCFF4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79AFED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#79AFED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFED

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFED	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6f3',
    500: '#79afed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afed;
$custom-light: #a6c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.069,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFED

secondary

#F1E2D1

accent

#7A0DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFED

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

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