#79C3DC#79C3DC

#79C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.082 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C3DC
RGB	rgb(121, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -16.52, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 25.68, 229.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0612 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.082 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3138, 48.2595, 74.8869)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C3DC #DC9279

analogous

#79DCC4 #79C3DC #7991DC

triadic

#79C3DC #DC79C3 #C3DC79

tetradic

#79C3DC #C479DC #DC9279 #91DC79

square

#79C3DC #C479DC #DC9279 #91DC79

split-complementary

#79C3DC #DC7991 #DCC479

monochromatic

#2D8DAD #48ADCF #79C3DC #AAD9E9 #DAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#79C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#79C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C3DC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C3DC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BCBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.082 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5e6',
    500: '#79c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c3dc;
$custom-light: #a5d5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77784,
    "c": 0.08177,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C3DC

secondary

#E8D1C9

accent

#491FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C3DC

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

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