#79C6E2#79C6E2

#79C6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.086 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C6E2
RGB	rgb(121, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -16.46, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 26.93, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0624 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.086 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8017, 49.9409, 79.3735)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C6E2 #E29579

analogous

#79E2C9 #79C6E2 #7991E2

triadic

#79C6E2 #E279C6 #C6E279

tetradic

#79C6E2 #C979E2 #E29579 #91E279

square

#79C6E2 #C979E2 #E29579 #91E279

split-complementary

#79C6E2 #E27991 #E2C979

monochromatic

#2892B9 #47B1D7 #79C6E2 #ABDBED #DEF1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#79C6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#79C6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C6E2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C6E2	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)

#B6C2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.086 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d7eb',
    500: '#79c6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c6e2;
$custom-light: #a5d7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78682,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C6E2

secondary

#EBD4CB

accent

#4919CC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C6E2

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

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