#79C9F4#79C9F4

#79C9F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.100 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C9F4
RGB	rgb(121, 201, 244)
HSL	hsl(201, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -13.04, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 31.58, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0593 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.1 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0950, 52.3662, 93.3017)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C9F4 #F4A479

analogous

#79F4E2 #79C9F4 #798CF4

triadic

#79C9F4 #F479C9 #C9F479

tetradic

#79C9F4 #E279F4 #F4A479 #8CF479

square

#79C9F4 #E279F4 #F4A479 #8CF479

split-complementary

#79C9F4 #F4798C #F4E279

monochromatic

#1298E0 #40B2EF #79C9F4 #B2E0F9 #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79C9F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#79C9F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C9F4

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C9F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C9F4	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c9f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 201, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.100 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d9f7',
    500: '#79c9f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c9f4;
$custom-light: #a7d9f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c9f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80056,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C9F4

secondary

#CF7342

accent

#5104E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C9F4

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

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