#79C4E6#79C4E6

#79C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.089 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E6
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -14.32, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 28.06, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0586 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.089 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9028, 49.2548, 82.1466)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E6 #E69B79

analogous

#79E6D2 #79C4E6 #798EE6

triadic

#79C4E6 #E679C4 #C4E679

tetradic

#79C4E6 #D279E6 #E69B79 #8EE679

square

#79C4E6 #D279E6 #E69B79 #8EE679

split-complementary

#79C4E6 #E6798E #E6D279

monochromatic

#2490C1 #45ADDC #79C4E6 #ADDBF0 #E0F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#79C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#79C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E6

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E6	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.089 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5ee',
    500: '#79c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e6;
$custom-light: #a5d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E6

secondary

#EED7CD

accent

#4F15D0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E6

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

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