#79C8ED#79C8ED

#79C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.094 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8ED
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -14.48, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 29.59, 240.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0607 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.094 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8199, 51.4844, 87.7327)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8ED #ED9E79

analogous

#79EDD8 #79C8ED #798EED

triadic

#79C8ED #ED79C8 #C8ED79

tetradic

#79C8ED #D879ED #ED9E79 #8EED79

square

#79C8ED #D879ED #ED9E79 #8EED79

split-complementary

#79C8ED #ED798E #EDD879

monochromatic

#1C96D0 #43B2E6 #79C8ED #AFDEF4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#79C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8ED

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8ED	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.094 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f3',
    500: '#79c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ed;
$custom-light: #a6d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8ED

secondary

#C66E44

accent

#4E0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8ED

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

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