#79C2EE#79C2EE

#79C2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.096 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2EE
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -11.04, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 30.89, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0535 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.096 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6040, 48.8182, 88.0501)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2EE #EEA579

analogous

#79EEDF #79C2EE #7987EE

triadic

#79C2EE #EE79C2 #C2EE79

tetradic

#79C2EE #DF79EE #EEA579 #87EE79

square

#79C2EE #DF79EE #EEA579 #87EE79

split-complementary

#79C2EE #EE7987 #EEDF79

monochromatic

#1B8DD2 #43A9E7 #79C2EE #AFDBF5 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#79C2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2EE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2EE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CCDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.096 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f3',
    500: '#79c2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ee;
$custom-light: #a6d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.564,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7827,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2EE

secondary

#F1DDD1

accent

#590CDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →