#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
RGBrgb(121, 194, 228)
HSLhsl(199, 66%, 68%)
HSVhsv(199, 47%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(46.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.98, -13.83, -24.00)
CIE-LCHlch(74.98, 27.70, 240.06°)
OKLaboklab(77.87% -0.057 -0.0665)
OKLCHoklch(77.87% 0.088 229.4)
XYZxyz(41.1755, 48.2468, 80.5265)
Luminance0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##79C2E41.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#79C2E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva