#79C8DD#79C8DD

#79C8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.083 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8DD
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(193, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -18.83, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 26.06, 223.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0666 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.083 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5858, 50.5908, 75.9662)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8DD #DD8E79

analogous

#79DDC0 #79C8DD #7996DD

triadic

#79C8DD #DD79C8 #C8DD79

tetradic

#79C8DD #C079DD #DD8E79 #96DD79

square

#79C8DD #C079DD #DD8E79 #96DD79

split-complementary

#79C8DD #DD7996 #DDC079

monochromatic

#2C94AF #48B4D1 #79C8DD #AADCE9 #DBF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#79C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#79C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8DD

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8DD	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49D0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.083 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e7',
    500: '#79c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8dd;
$custom-light: #a5d8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78944,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8DD

secondary

#B15F49

accent

#421EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8DD

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

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