#79C2E9#79C2E9

#79C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.092 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2E9
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -12.44, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 29.22, 244.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0552 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.092 233)
XYZ	xyz(41.8796, 48.5285, 84.2350)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2E9 #E9A079

analogous

#79E9D8 #79C2E9 #798AE9

triadic

#79C2E9 #E979C2 #C2E979

tetradic

#79C2E9 #D879E9 #E9A079 #8AE979

square

#79C2E9 #D879E9 #E9A079 #8AE979

split-complementary

#79C2E9 #E9798A #E9D879

monochromatic

#218DC7 #44AAE0 #79C2E9 #AEDAF2 #E2F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#79C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2E9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2E9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.092 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f0',
    500: '#79c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2e9;
$custom-light: #a6d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2E9

secondary

#EFDACF

accent

#5512D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2E9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →