#79C8F0#79C8F0

#79C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.096 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8F0
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -13.64, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 30.48, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0596 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.096 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2619, 51.6612, 90.0603)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8F0 #F0A179

analogous

#79F0DC #79C8F0 #798CF0

triadic

#79C8F0 #F079C8 #C8F079

tetradic

#79C8F0 #DC79F0 #F0A179 #8CF079

square

#79C8F0 #DC79F0 #F0A179 #8CF079

split-complementary

#79C8F0 #F0798C #F0DC79

monochromatic

#1897D7 #42B1EA #79C8F0 #B0DFF6 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#79C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8F0

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8F0	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.096 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d8f5',
    500: '#79c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8f0;
$custom-light: #a6d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79674,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8F0

secondary

#CA7143

accent

#5009DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8F0

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

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