#79AFEF#79AFEF

#79AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFEF
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -0.43, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 37.43, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0313 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.109 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7898, 40.9541, 87.5055)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFEF #EFB979

analogous

#79EAEF #79AFEF #7E79EF

triadic

#79AFEF #EF79AF #AFEF79

tetradic

#79AFEF #EF79EA #EFB979 #79EF7E

square

#79AFEF #EF79EA #EFB979 #79EF7E

split-complementary

#79AFEF #EF7E79 #EAEF79

monochromatic

#196FD4 #428EE8 #79AFEF #B0D0F6 #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#79AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFEF

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFEF	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6f4',
    500: '#79afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afef;
$custom-light: #a6c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.542,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFEF

secondary

#F2E3D2

accent

#7C0BDB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFEF

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

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