#79C8F5#79C8F5

#79C8F5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.101 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8F5
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -12.23, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 32.09, 247.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0579 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.101 235)
XYZ	xyz(45.0149, 51.9624, 94.0261)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8F5 #F5A679

analogous

#79F5E4 #79C8F5 #798AF5

triadic

#79C8F5 #F579C8 #C8F579

tetradic

#79C8F5 #E479F5 #F5A679 #8AF579

square

#79C8F5 #E479F5 #F5A679 #8AF579

split-complementary

#79C8F5 #F5798A #F5E479

monochromatic

#1197E3 #40B1F1 #79C8F5 #B2DFF9 #E3F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79C8F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#79C8F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8F5

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8F5	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.101 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8f8',
    500: '#79c8f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8f5;
$custom-light: #a7d8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.774,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.51966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8F5

secondary

#D07642

accent

#5403E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8F5

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

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