#79C2E5#79C2E5

#79C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.088 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2E5
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -13.55, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 27.99, 241.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0567 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.088 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3147, 48.3025, 81.2597)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2E5 #E59C79

analogous

#79E5D2 #79C2E5 #798CE5

triadic

#79C2E5 #E579C2 #C2E579

tetradic

#79C2E5 #D279E5 #E59C79 #8CE579

square

#79C2E5 #D279E5 #E59C79 #8CE579

split-complementary

#79C2E5 #E5798C #E5D279

monochromatic

#258DBF #46ABDB #79C2E5 #ACD9EF #E0F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#79C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2E5

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2E5	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.088 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4ed',
    500: '#79c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2e5;
$custom-light: #a5d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.444,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77907,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2E5

secondary

#EDD7CD

accent

#5216CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2E5

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

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