#79C4EF#79C4EF

#79C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.097 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C4EF
RGB	rgb(121, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(202, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -11.82, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 30.84, 247.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0554 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.097 235)
XYZ	xyz(43.1994, 49.7734, 88.9754)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C4EF #EFA479

analogous

#79EFDF #79C4EF #7989EF

triadic

#79C4EF #EF79C4 #C4EF79

tetradic

#79C4EF #DF79EF #EFA479 #89EF79

square

#79C4EF #DF79EF #EFA479 #89EF79

split-complementary

#79C4EF #EF7989 #EFDF79

monochromatic

#1990D4 #42ACE8 #79C4EF #B0DCF6 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#79C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C4EF

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C4EF	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BCFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.097 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d5f4',
    500: '#79c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c4ef;
$custom-light: #a6d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.49777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C4EF

secondary

#F2DED2

accent

#560BDB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C4EF

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

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