#79C4E8#79C4E8

#79C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.090 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E8
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -13.77, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 28.63, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0579 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.091 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1853, 49.3677, 83.6342)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E8 #E89D79

analogous

#79E8D4 #79C4E8 #798DE8

triadic

#79C4E8 #E879C4 #C4E879

tetradic

#79C4E8 #D479E8 #E89D79 #8DE879

square

#79C4E8 #D479E8 #E89D79 #8DE879

split-complementary

#79C4E8 #E8798D #E8D479

monochromatic

#2290C5 #45ADDF #79C4E8 #ADDBF1 #E1F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#79C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#79C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E8

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E8	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.090 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d5ef',
    500: '#79c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e8;
$custom-light: #a6d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.459,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E8

secondary

#EFD9CE

accent

#5113D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E8

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

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