#79C4E2#79C4E2

#79C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.086 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E2
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -15.42, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 27.01, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0601 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.086 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3476, 49.0326, 79.2222)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E2 #E29779

analogous

#79E2CB #79C4E2 #798FE2

triadic

#79C4E2 #E279C4 #C4E279

tetradic

#79C4E2 #CB79E2 #E29779 #8FE279

square

#79C4E2 #CB79E2 #E29779 #8FE279

split-complementary

#79C4E2 #E2798F #E2CB79

monochromatic

#288FB9 #47AED7 #79C4E2 #ABDAED #DEF0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#79C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E2

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E2	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.086 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6eb',
    500: '#79c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e2;
$custom-light: #a5d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78236,
    "c": 0.08585,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E2

secondary

#EBD5CB

accent

#4C19CC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E2

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

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