#79C4E4#79C4E4

#79C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.087 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E4
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -14.87, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 27.52, 237.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0594 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.087 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6236, 49.1431, 80.6759)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E4 #E49979

analogous

#79E4CE #79C4E4 #798EE4

triadic

#79C4E4 #E479C4 #C4E479

tetradic

#79C4E4 #CE79E4 #E49979 #8EE479

square

#79C4E4 #CE79E4 #E49979 #8EE479

split-complementary

#79C4E4 #E4798E #E4CE79

monochromatic

#2690BD #46AEDA #79C4E4 #ACDAEE #DFF1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#79C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E4

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E4	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.087 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d6ec',
    500: '#79c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e4;
$custom-light: #a5d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.944,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78313,
    "c": 0.08733,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E4

secondary

#ECD6CC

accent

#4E17CE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E4

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

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