#79C0EB#79C0EB

#79C0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.094 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0EB
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -10.83, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 30.26, 249.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0522 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.094 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7248, 47.7592, 85.6009)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0EB #EBA479

analogous

#79EBDD #79C0EB #7987EB

triadic

#79C0EB #EB79C0 #C0EB79

tetradic

#79C0EB #DD79EB #EBA479 #87EB79

square

#79C0EB #DD79EB #EBA479 #87EB79

split-complementary

#79C0EB #EB7987 #EBDD79

monochromatic

#1E8ACB #44A7E3 #79C0EB #AED9F3 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79C0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#79C0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0EB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0EB	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.094 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d3f1',
    500: '#79c0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0eb;
$custom-light: #a6d3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.632,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0EB

secondary

#F0DCD0

accent

#5A0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0EB

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