#79C2E7#79C2E7

#79C2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2E7
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -13.00, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 28.59, 242.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.056 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.09 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5955, 48.4149, 82.7389)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2E7 #E79E79

analogous

#79E7D5 #79C2E7 #798BE7

triadic

#79C2E7 #E779C2 #C2E779

tetradic

#79C2E7 #D579E7 #E79E79 #8BE779

square

#79C2E7 #D579E7 #E79E79 #8BE779

split-complementary

#79C2E7 #E7798B #E7D579

monochromatic

#238DC3 #45AADE #79C2E7 #ADDAF0 #E1F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#79C2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2E7

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2E7	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4ee',
    500: '#79c2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2e7;
$custom-light: #a5d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.182,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77986,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2E7

secondary

#EED9CE

accent

#5414D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2E7

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

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