#79C4DA#79C4DA

#79C4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.081 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4DA
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -17.57, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 25.34, 226.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0631 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.081 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2754, 48.6038, 73.5752)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4DA #DA8F79

analogous

#79DAC0 #79C4DA #7994DA

triadic

#79C4DA #DA79C4 #C4DA79

tetradic

#79C4DA #C079DA #DA8F79 #94DA79

square

#79C4DA #C079DA #DA8F79 #94DA79

split-complementary

#79C4DA #DA7994 #DAC079

monochromatic

#2F8EAA #49AFCD #79C4DA #A9D9E7 #D9EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#79C4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#79C4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4DA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4DA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CCCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.081 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6e5',
    500: '#79c4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4da;
$custom-light: #a5d6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.608,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77934,
    "c": 0.08071,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4DA

secondary

#E7CFC8

accent

#4621C4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4DA

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

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