#79C8EF#79C8EF

#79C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.096 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8EF
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -13.92, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 30.18, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.06 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.096 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1137, 51.6020, 89.2801)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8EF #EFA079

analogous

#79EFDB #79C8EF #798DEF

triadic

#79C8EF #EF79C8 #C8EF79

tetradic

#79C8EF #DB79EF #EFA079 #8DEF79

square

#79C8EF #DB79EF #EFA079 #8DEF79

split-complementary

#79C8EF #EF798D #EFDB79

monochromatic

#1996D4 #42B2E8 #79C8EF #B0DEF6 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#79C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8EF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8EF	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.096 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f4',
    500: '#79c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ef;
$custom-light: #a6d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79634,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8EF

secondary

#C97044

accent

#4F0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8EF

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

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