#79C8DA#79C8DA

#79C8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.082 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8DA
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -19.62, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 25.67, 220.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0678 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.082 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1896, 50.4323, 73.8800)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8DA #DA8B79

analogous

#79DABC #79C8DA #7998DA

triadic

#79C8DA #DA79C8 #C8DA79

tetradic

#79C8DA #BC79DA #DA8B79 #98DA79

square

#79C8DA #BC79DA #DA8B79 #98DA79

split-complementary

#79C8DA #DA7998 #DABC79

monochromatic

#2F93AA #49B4CD #79C8DA #A9DCE7 #D9EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#79C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#79C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8DA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8DA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BCFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.082 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e5',
    500: '#79c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8da;
$custom-light: #a5d8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.134,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8DA

secondary

#AD5D4B

accent

#3F21C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8DA

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

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