#79C2EF#79C2EF

#79C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.097 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2EF
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -10.76, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 31.25, 249.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0532 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.097 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7513, 48.8772, 88.8260)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2EF #EFA679

analogous

#79EFE1 #79C2EF #7987EF

triadic

#79C2EF #EF79C2 #C2EF79

tetradic

#79C2EF #E179EF #EFA679 #87EF79

square

#79C2EF #E179EF #EFA679 #87EF79

split-complementary

#79C2EF #EF7987 #EFE179

monochromatic

#198DD4 #42A9E8 #79C2EF #B0DBF6 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#79C2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2EF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2EF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BCED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.097 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d4f4',
    500: '#79c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2ef;
$custom-light: #a6d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78311,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2EF

secondary

#F2DED2

accent

#5A0BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2EF

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