#79C8EB#79C8EB

#79C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.092 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8EB
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -15.03, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 29.04, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0614 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.092 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5293, 51.3682, 86.2024)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8EB #EB9C79

analogous

#79EBD5 #79C8EB #798FEB

triadic

#79C8EB #EB79C8 #C8EB79

tetradic

#79C8EB #D579EB #EB9C79 #8FEB79

square

#79C8EB #D579EB #EB9C79 #8FEB79

split-complementary

#79C8EB #EB798F #EBD579

monochromatic

#1E96CB #44B2E3 #79C8EB #AEDEF3 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#79C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8EB

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8EB	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.092 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f1',
    500: '#79c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8eb;
$custom-light: #a6d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79476,
    "c": 0.09225,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8EB

secondary

#C46C44

accent

#4C0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8EB

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

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