#79C6DD#79C6DD

#79C6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.083 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C6DD
RGB	rgb(121, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -17.80, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 25.94, 226.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0643 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.083 219)
XYZ	xyz(41.1256, 49.6705, 75.8128)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C6DD #DD9079

analogous

#79DDC2 #79C6DD #7994DD

triadic

#79C6DD #DD79C6 #C6DD79

tetradic

#79C6DD #C279DD #DD9079 #94DD79

square

#79C6DD #C279DD #DD9079 #94DD79

split-complementary

#79C6DD #DD7994 #DDC279

monochromatic

#2C91AF #48B1D1 #79C6DD #AADBE9 #DBF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#79C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#79C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C6DD

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C6DD	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.083 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d7e7',
    500: '#79c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c6dd;
$custom-light: #a5d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78495,
    "c": 0.08273,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.49674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C6DD

secondary

#E9D0C9

accent

#451EC7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C6DD

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

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