#79C8F8#79C8F8

#79C8F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.104 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8F8
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 248)
HSL	hsl(203, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -11.38, -31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 33.12, 249.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0568 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.104 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4765, 52.1471, 96.4577)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8F8 #F8A979

analogous

#79F8E8 #79C8F8 #7989F8

triadic

#79C8F8 #F879C8 #C8F879

tetradic

#79C8F8 #E879F8 #F8A979 #89F879

square

#79C8F8 #E879F8 #F8A979 #89F879

split-complementary

#79C8F8 #F87989 #F8E879

monochromatic

#0C96EA #3FB0F5 #79C8F8 #B3E0FB #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79C8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#79C8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8F8

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8F8	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FD4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.104 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fa',
    500: '#79c8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8f8;
$custom-light: #a7d8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.677,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80001,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8F8

secondary

#D47941

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8F8

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

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