#79C4E5#79C4E5

#79C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.088 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E5
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(198, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -14.60, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 27.78, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.059 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.088 228)
XYZ	xyz(41.7628, 49.1987, 81.4091)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E5 #E59A79

analogous

#79E5D0 #79C4E5 #798EE5

triadic

#79C4E5 #E579C4 #C4E579

tetradic

#79C4E5 #D079E5 #E59A79 #8EE579

square

#79C4E5 #D079E5 #E59A79 #8EE579

split-complementary

#79C4E5 #E5798E #E5D079

monochromatic

#2590BF #46ADDB #79C4E5 #ACDBEF #E0F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#79C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E5

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E5	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.088 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5ed',
    500: '#79c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e5;
$custom-light: #a5d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.49202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E5

secondary

#EDD7CD

accent

#4F16CF

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E5

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

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