#79C9FA#79C9FA

#79C9FA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.105 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C9FA
RGB	rgb(121, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(203, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -11.34, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 33.60, 250.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0573 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.105 237)
XYZ	xyz(46.0208, 52.7366, 98.1780)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79C9FA #FAAA79

analogous

#79FAEB #79C9FA #7988FA

triadic

#79C9FA #FA79C9 #C9FA79

tetradic

#79C9FA #EB79FA #FAAA79 #88FA79

square

#79C9FA #EB79FA #FAAA79 #88FA79

split-complementary

#79C9FA #FA7988 #FAEB79

monochromatic

#0998F0 #3EB1F8 #79C9FA #B4E1FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#79C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C9FA

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C9FA	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C8FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BAF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.105 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d9fc',
    500: '#79c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c9fa;
$custom-light: #a7d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.791,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80304,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.5274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C9FA

secondary

#D77A41

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C9FA

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

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