#79C2E4#79C2E4

#79C2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.088 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2E4
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -13.83, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 27.70, 240.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.057 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.088 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1755, 48.2468, 80.5265)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2E4 #E49B79

analogous

#79E4D0 #79C2E4 #798CE4

triadic

#79C2E4 #E479C2 #C2E479

tetradic

#79C2E4 #D079E4 #E49B79 #8CE479

square

#79C2E4 #D079E4 #E49B79 #8CE479

split-complementary

#79C2E4 #E4798C #E4D079

monochromatic

#268DBD #46ABDA #79C2E4 #ACD9EE #DFF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#79C2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2E4

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2E4	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.088 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4ec',
    500: '#79c2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2e4;
$custom-light: #a5d4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.065,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77868,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2E4

secondary

#ECD7CC

accent

#5117CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2E4

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

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