#79C8DC#79C8DC

#79C8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.083 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8DC
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -19.09, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 25.92, 222.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.067 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.083 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4529, 50.5377, 75.2666)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8DC #DC8D79

analogous

#79DCBF #79C8DC #7997DC

triadic

#79C8DC #DC79C8 #C8DC79

tetradic

#79C8DC #BF79DC #DC8D79 #97DC79

square

#79C8DC #BF79DC #DC8D79 #97DC79

split-complementary

#79C8DC #DC7997 #DCBF79

monochromatic

#2D93AD #48B4CF #79C8DC #AADCE9 #DAF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#79C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#79C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8DC

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8DC	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AD0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.083 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e6',
    500: '#79c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8dc;
$custom-light: #a5d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.121,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8DC

secondary

#B05E4A

accent

#411FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8DC

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

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