#79AFF8#79AFF8

#79AFF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFF8
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 248)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 2.22, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 41.78, 273.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0287 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.121 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1526, 41.4992, 94.6830)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFF8 #F8C279

analogous

#79EFF8 #79AFF8 #8279F8

triadic

#79AFF8 #F879AF #AFF879

tetradic

#79AFF8 #F879EF #F8C279 #79F882

square

#79AFF8 #F879EF #F8C279 #79F882

split-complementary

#79AFF8 #F88279 #EFF879

monochromatic

#0C6BEA #3F8CF5 #79AFF8 #B3D2FB #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#79AFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#79AFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFF8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFF8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B3FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c6fb',
    500: '#79aff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aff8;
$custom-light: #a7c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.488,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFF8

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8400E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFF8

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

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