#79C4E9#79C4E9

#79C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.091 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4E9
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -13.50, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 28.92, 242.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0575 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.091 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3277, 49.4247, 84.3844)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4E9 #E99E79

analogous

#79E9D6 #79C4E9 #798CE9

triadic

#79C4E9 #E979C4 #C4E979

tetradic

#79C4E9 #D679E9 #E99E79 #8CE979

square

#79C4E9 #D679E9 #E99E79 #8CE979

split-complementary

#79C4E9 #E9798C #E9D679

monochromatic

#2190C7 #44ADE0 #79C4E9 #AEDBF2 #E2F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#79C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#79C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4E9

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4E9	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.091 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d5f0',
    500: '#79c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4e9;
$custom-light: #a6d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.821,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78509,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4E9

secondary

#EFD9CF

accent

#5212D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4E9

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

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