#79C8F4#79C8F4

#79C8F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8F4
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 244)
HSL	hsl(201, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 18%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -12.52, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 31.76, 246.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0582 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.1 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8626, 51.9015, 93.2243)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8F4 #F4A579

analogous

#79F4E2 #79C8F4 #798BF4

triadic

#79C8F4 #F479C8 #C8F479

tetradic

#79C8F4 #E279F4 #F4A579 #8BF479

square

#79C8F4 #E279F4 #F4A579 #8BF479

split-complementary

#79C8F4 #F4798B #F4E279

monochromatic

#1297E0 #40B1EF #79C8F4 #B2DFF9 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#79C8F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#79C8F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8F4

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8F4	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8f8',
    500: '#79c8f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8f4;
$custom-light: #a7d8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.463,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8F4

secondary

#CF7542

accent

#5304E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8F4

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

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