#79C0EA#79C0EA

#79C0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.093 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0EA
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -11.11, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 29.91, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0526 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.093 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5808, 47.7016, 84.8421)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0EA #EAA379

analogous

#79EADC #79C0EA #7988EA

triadic

#79C0EA #EA79C0 #C0EA79

tetradic

#79C0EA #DC79EA #EAA379 #88EA79

square

#79C0EA #DC79EA #EAA379 #88EA79

split-complementary

#79C0EA #EA7988 #EADC79

monochromatic

#208AC9 #44A7E2 #79C0EA #AED9F2 #E3F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79C0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#79C0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0EA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0EA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.093 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d3f0',
    500: '#79c0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0ea;
$custom-light: #a6d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0EA

secondary

#F0DBCF

accent

#5A11D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0EA

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

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