#79C8FA#79C8FA

#79C8FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.106 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8FA
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 20%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -10.81, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 33.83, 251.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0562 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.106 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7885, 52.2719, 98.1005)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8FA #FAAB79

analogous

#79FAEC #79C8FA #7987FA

triadic

#79C8FA #FA79C8 #C8FA79

tetradic

#79C8FA #EC79FA #FAAB79 #87FA79

square

#79C8FA #EC79FA #FAAB79 #87FA79

split-complementary

#79C8FA #FA7987 #FAEC79

monochromatic

#0996F0 #3EB0F8 #79C8FA #B4E0FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79C8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#79C8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8FA

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8FA	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CD5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.106 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d8fc',
    500: '#79c8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8fa;
$custom-light: #a7d8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80085,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8FA

secondary

#D77B41

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8FA

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

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