#79C2ED#79C2ED

#79C2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.095 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2ED
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -11.33, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 30.55, 248.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0538 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.095 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4575, 48.7596, 87.2785)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2ED #EDA479

analogous

#79EDDE #79C2ED #7988ED

triadic

#79C2ED #ED79C2 #C2ED79

tetradic

#79C2ED #DE79ED #EDA479 #88ED79

square

#79C2ED #DE79ED #EDA479 #88ED79

split-complementary

#79C2ED #ED7988 #EDDE79

monochromatic

#1C8DD0 #43A9E6 #79C2ED #AFDBF4 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#79C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2ED

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2ED	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.095 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f3',
    500: '#79c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ed;
$custom-light: #a6d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.241,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2ED

secondary

#F1DDD1

accent

#580DD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2ED

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

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