#79C4EB#79C4EB

#79C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.093 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4EB
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -12.94, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 29.54, 244.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0568 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.093 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6150, 49.5396, 85.8976)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4EB #EBA079

analogous

#79EBD9 #79C4EB #798BEB

triadic

#79C4EB #EB79C4 #C4EB79

tetradic

#79C4EB #D979EB #EBA079 #8BEB79

square

#79C4EB #D979EB #EBA079 #8BEB79

split-complementary

#79C4EB #EB798B #EBD979

monochromatic

#1E90CB #44ADE3 #79C4EB #AEDBF3 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#79C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#79C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4EB

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4EB	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FCFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.093 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d5f1',
    500: '#79c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4eb;
$custom-light: #a6d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78589,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4EB

secondary

#F0DBD0

accent

#530FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4EB

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

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