#79C2EC#79C2EC

#79C2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2EC
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -11.61, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 30.20, 247.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0542 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.095 235)
XYZ	xyz(42.3118, 48.7014, 86.5112)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2EC #ECA379

analogous

#79ECDC #79C2EC #7989EC

triadic

#79C2EC #EC79C2 #C2EC79

tetradic

#79C2EC #DC79EC #ECA379 #89EC79

square

#79C2EC #DC79EC #ECA379 #89EC79

split-complementary

#79C2EC #EC7989 #ECDC79

monochromatic

#1D8DCD #43AAE4 #79C2EC #AFDAF4 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#79C2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2EC

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2EC	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ECDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f2',
    500: '#79c2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ec;
$custom-light: #a6d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.48705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2EC

secondary

#F0DCD0

accent

#580ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2EC

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

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