#79C2EA#79C2EA

#79C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.093 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2EA
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -12.17, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 29.54, 245.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0549 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.093 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0229, 48.5858, 84.9895)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2EA #EAA179

analogous

#79EADA #79C2EA #798AEA

triadic

#79C2EA #EA79C2 #C2EA79

tetradic

#79C2EA #DA79EA #EAA179 #8AEA79

square

#79C2EA #DA79EA #EAA179 #8AEA79

split-complementary

#79C2EA #EA798A #EADA79

monochromatic

#208DC9 #44AAE2 #79C2EA #AEDAF2 #E3F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#79C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2EA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2EA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.093 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f0',
    500: '#79c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ea;
$custom-light: #a6d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.239,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2EA

secondary

#F0DBCF

accent

#5611D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2EA

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

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