#79C0F8#79C0F8

#79C0F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C0F8
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 248)
HSL	hsl(206, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -7.12, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.23, 258.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0479 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.108 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6720, 48.5381, 95.8561)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C0F8 #F8B179

analogous

#79F8F1 #79C0F8 #7980F8

triadic

#79C0F8 #F879C0 #C0F879

tetradic

#79C0F8 #F179F8 #F8B179 #80F879

square

#79C0F8 #F179F8 #F8B179 #80F879

split-complementary

#79C0F8 #F87980 #F8F179

monochromatic

#0C88EA #3FA5F5 #79C0F8 #B3DBFB #E2F1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C0F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#79C0F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C0F8

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C0F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C0F8	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8C0FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B3F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32CED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c0f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d2fa',
    500: '#79c0f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c0f8;
$custom-light: #a7d2fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c0f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.457,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C0F8

secondary

#F6E4D5

accent

#6500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F9FF

border

#CED2D7

text

#101417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C0F8

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

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