#79C8EA#79C8EA

#79C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.091 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8EA
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -15.31, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 28.77, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0618 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.091 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3853, 51.3106, 85.4436)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8EA #EA9B79

analogous

#79EAD3 #79C8EA #7990EA

triadic

#79C8EA #EA79C8 #C8EA79

tetradic

#79C8EA #D379EA #EA9B79 #90EA79

square

#79C8EA #D379EA #EA9B79 #90EA79

split-complementary

#79C8EA #EA7990 #EAD379

monochromatic

#2096C9 #44B2E2 #79C8EA #AEDEF2 #E3F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#79C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8EA

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8EA	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.091 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f0',
    500: '#79c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ea;
$custom-light: #a6d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8EA

secondary

#C36B45

accent

#4C11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8EA

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

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