#79AFF9#79AFF9

#79AFF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.122 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFF9
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 249)
HSL	hsl(215, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 2.52, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 42.27, 273.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0285 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.122 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3081, 41.5614, 95.5022)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFF9 #F9C379

analogous

#79EFF9 #79AFF9 #8379F9

triadic

#79AFF9 #F979AF #AFF979

tetradic

#79AFF9 #F979EF #F9C379 #79F983

square

#79AFF9 #F979EF #F9C379 #79F983

split-complementary

#79AFF9 #F98379 #EFF979

monochromatic

#0B6AED #3E8CF6 #79AFF9 #B4D2FC #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#79AFF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#79AFF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFF9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFF9	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aff9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.122 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c6fb',
    500: '#79aff9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aff9;
$custom-light: #a7c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aff9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74658,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFF9

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFF9

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

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