#79C5EA#79C5EA

#79C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.092 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C5EA
RGB	rgb(121, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -13.74, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 29.09, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0583 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.092 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6973, 49.9346, 85.2143)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C5EA #EA9E79

analogous

#79EAD7 #79C5EA #798DEA

triadic

#79C5EA #EA79C5 #C5EA79

tetradic

#79C5EA #D779EA #EA9E79 #8DEA79

square

#79C5EA #D779EA #EA9E79 #8DEA79

split-complementary

#79C5EA #EA798D #EAD779

monochromatic

#2092C9 #44AEE2 #79C5EA #AEDCF2 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#79C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C5EA

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C5EA	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FCFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.092 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d6f0',
    500: '#79c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c5ea;
$custom-light: #a6d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.646,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C5EA

secondary

#F0DACF

accent

#5111D5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C5EA

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

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