#79C4DC#79C4DC

#79C4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.082 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4DC
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -17.04, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 25.70, 228.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0623 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.082 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5386, 48.7091, 74.9618)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4DC #DC9179

analogous

#79DCC2 #79C4DC #7993DC

triadic

#79C4DC #DC79C4 #C4DC79

tetradic

#79C4DC #C279DC #DC9179 #93DC79

square

#79C4DC #C279DC #DC9179 #93DC79

split-complementary

#79C4DC #DC7993 #DCC279

monochromatic

#2D8EAD #48AFCF #79C4DC #AAD9E9 #DAEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#79C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#79C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4DC

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4DC	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BCCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.082 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6e6',
    500: '#79c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4dc;
$custom-light: #a5d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78008,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4DC

secondary

#E8D0C9

accent

#481FC6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4DC

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

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