#79C6EA#79C6EA

#79C6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.092 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C6EA
RGB	rgb(121, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -14.27, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 28.97, 240.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0595 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.092 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9251, 50.3903, 85.2902)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C6EA #EA9D79

analogous

#79EAD6 #79C6EA #798EEA

triadic

#79C6EA #EA79C6 #C6EA79

tetradic

#79C6EA #D679EA #EA9D79 #8EEA79

square

#79C6EA #D679EA #EA9D79 #8EEA79

split-complementary

#79C6EA #EA798E #EAD679

monochromatic

#2093C9 #44AFE2 #79C6EA #AEDDF2 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#79C6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#79C6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C6EA

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C6EA	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FD0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.092 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d7f0',
    500: '#79c6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c6ea;
$custom-light: #a6d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.115,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78992,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C6EA

secondary

#C36D45

accent

#4F11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C6EA

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

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