#79C8EE#79C8EE

#79C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.095 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8EE
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -14.20, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 29.88, 241.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0603 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.095 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9664, 51.5430, 88.5043)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8EE #EE9F79

analogous

#79EED9 #79C8EE #798DEE

triadic

#79C8EE #EE79C8 #C8EE79

tetradic

#79C8EE #D979EE #EE9F79 #8DEE79

square

#79C8EE #D979EE #EE9F79 #8DEE79

split-complementary

#79C8EE #EE798D #EED979

monochromatic

#1B96D2 #43B2E7 #79C8EE #AFDEF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#79C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8EE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8EE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.095 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f3',
    500: '#79c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ee;
$custom-light: #a6d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.487,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79594,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8EE

secondary

#C76F44

accent

#4F0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8EE

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

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