#79C8FF#79C8FF

#79C8FF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8FF
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(205, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -9.37, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 35.69, 254.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0545 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.111 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5829, 52.5896, 102.2844)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8FF #FFB079

analogous

#79FFF3 #79C8FF #7985FF

triadic

#79C8FF #FF79C8 #C8FF79

tetradic

#79C8FF #F379FF #FFB079 #85FF79

square

#79C8FF #F379FF #FFB079 #85FF79

split-complementary

#79C8FF #FF7985 #FFF379

monochromatic

#0096FE #3CAFFF #79C8FF #B6E1FF #E0F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#79C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8FF

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8FF	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DBAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23D6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8d8ff',
    500: '#79c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8ff;
$custom-light: #a8d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8FF

secondary

#DD803F

accent

#5E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8FF

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

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