#79C8DF#79C8DF

#79C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.084 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8DF
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(194, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -18.29, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 26.38, 226.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0659 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.084 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8538, 50.6980, 77.3779)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8DF #DF9079

analogous

#79DFC3 #79C8DF #7995DF

triadic

#79C8DF #DF79C8 #C8DF79

tetradic

#79C8DF #C379DF #DF9079 #95DF79

square

#79C8DF #C379DF #DF9079 #95DF79

split-complementary

#79C8DF #DF7995 #DFC379

monochromatic

#2B94B3 #48B4D3 #79C8DF #AADCEB #DCF1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#79C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#79C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8DF

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8DF	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.084 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e9',
    500: '#79c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8df;
$custom-light: #a5d8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79018,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8DF

secondary

#B46048

accent

#431CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8DF

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

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