#79C8F9#79C8F9

#79C8F9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.105 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8F9
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 249)
HSL	hsl(203, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -11.10, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 33.47, 250.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0565 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.105 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6321, 52.2093, 97.2769)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8F9 #F9AA79

analogous

#79F9EA #79C8F9 #7988F9

triadic

#79C8F9 #F979C8 #C8F979

tetradic

#79C8F9 #EA79F9 #F9AA79 #88F979

square

#79C8F9 #EA79F9 #F9AA79 #88F979

split-complementary

#79C8F9 #F97988 #F9EA79

monochromatic

#0B96ED #3EB0F6 #79C8F9 #B4E0FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79C8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#79C8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8F9

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8F9	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.105 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fb',
    500: '#79c8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8f9;
$custom-light: #a7d8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.969,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8F9

secondary

#D57A41

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8F9

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

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