#79C2E8#79C2E8

#79C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.091 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2E8
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -12.72, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 28.90, 243.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0556 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.091 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7372, 48.4715, 83.4848)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2E8 #E89F79

analogous

#79E8D7 #79C2E8 #798BE8

triadic

#79C2E8 #E879C2 #C2E879

tetradic

#79C2E8 #D779E8 #E89F79 #8BE879

square

#79C2E8 #D779E8 #E89F79 #8BE879

split-complementary

#79C2E8 #E8798B #E8D779

monochromatic

#228DC5 #45AADF #79C2E8 #ADDAF1 #E1F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#79C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2E8

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2E8	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.091 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4ef',
    500: '#79c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2e8;
$custom-light: #a6d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.541,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78026,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2E8

secondary

#EFD9CE

accent

#5413D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2E8

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

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