#79C8EC#79C8EC

#79C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.093 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8EC
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -14.76, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 29.31, 239.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.061 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.093 229)
XYZ	xyz(43.6742, 51.4262, 86.9654)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8EC #EC9D79

analogous

#79ECD7 #79C8EC #798EEC

triadic

#79C8EC #EC79C8 #C8EC79

tetradic

#79C8EC #D779EC #EC9D79 #8EEC79

square

#79C8EC #D779EC #EC9D79 #8EEC79

split-complementary

#79C8EC #EC798E #ECD779

monochromatic

#1D96CD #43B2E4 #79C8EC #AFDEF4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#79C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8EC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8EC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.093 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f2',
    500: '#79c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ec;
$custom-light: #a6d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79515,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.5143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8EC

secondary

#C56D44

accent

#4D0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8EC

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

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