#79AFEE#79AFEE

#79AFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFEE
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -0.72, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 36.95, 268.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0316 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.108 253)
XYZ	xyz(38.6425, 40.8951, 86.7296)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFEE #EEB879

analogous

#79E9EE #79AFEE #7E79EE

triadic

#79AFEE #EE79AF #AFEE79

tetradic

#79AFEE #EE79E9 #EEB879 #79EE7E

square

#79AFEE #EE79E9 #EEB879 #79EE7E

split-complementary

#79AFEE #EE7E79 #E9EE79

monochromatic

#1B6FD2 #438FE7 #79AFEE #AFCFF5 #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#79AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFEE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFEE	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 253.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.40898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7B0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFEE

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

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