#79C4E7#79C4E7

#79C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.090 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E7
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -14.05, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 28.34, 240.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0583 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.09 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0437, 49.3111, 82.8883)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E7 #E79C79

analogous

#79E7D3 #79C4E7 #798DE7

triadic

#79C4E7 #E779C4 #C4E779

tetradic

#79C4E7 #D379E7 #E79C79 #8DE779

square

#79C4E7 #D379E7 #E79C79 #8DE779

split-complementary

#79C4E7 #E7798D #E7D379

monochromatic

#2390C3 #45ADDE #79C4E7 #ADDBF0 #E1F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#79C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#79C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E7

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E7	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.090 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d5ee',
    500: '#79c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e7;
$custom-light: #a5d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E7

secondary

#EED8CE

accent

#5014D2

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E7

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

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