#79AFF5#79AFF5

#79AFF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFF5
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 245)
HSL	hsl(214, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 28.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 1.33, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 40.31, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0296 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.117 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6909, 41.3145, 92.2515)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFF5 #F5BF79

analogous

#79EDF5 #79AFF5 #8179F5

triadic

#79AFF5 #F579AF #AFF579

tetradic

#79AFF5 #F579ED #F5BF79 #79F581

square

#79AFF5 #F579ED #F5BF79 #79F581

split-complementary

#79AFF5 #F58179 #EDF579

monochromatic

#116CE3 #408DF1 #79AFF5 #B2D1F9 #E3EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#79AFF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#79AFF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFF5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFF5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B3F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BBFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6f8',
    500: '#79aff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aff5;
$custom-light: #a6c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.871,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74467,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFF5

secondary

#F5E7D5

accent

#8103E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFF5

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

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