#79C4E3#79C4E3

#79C4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.087 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E3
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -15.15, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 27.26, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0597 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.087 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4852, 49.0877, 79.9469)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E3 #E39879

analogous

#79E3CD #79C4E3 #798FE3

triadic

#79C4E3 #E379C4 #C4E379

tetradic

#79C4E3 #CD79E3 #E39879 #8FE379

square

#79C4E3 #CD79E3 #E39879 #8FE379

split-complementary

#79C4E3 #E3798F #E3CD79

monochromatic

#278FBB #46AED8 #79C4E3 #ACDAEE #DEF1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#79C4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E3

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E3	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.087 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6eb',
    500: '#79c4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e3;
$custom-light: #a5d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E3

secondary

#ECD5CC

accent

#4D18CD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E3

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

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