#79CADE#79CADE

#79CADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.084 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CADE
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -19.58, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 26.37, 222.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0686 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.084 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1856, 51.5767, 76.8254)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CADE #DE8D79

analogous

#79DEBF #79CADE #7998DE

triadic

#79CADE #DE79CA #CADE79

tetradic

#79CADE #BF79DE #DE8D79 #98DE79

square

#79CADE #BF79DE #DE8D79 #98DE79

split-complementary

#79CADE #DE7998 #DEBF79

monochromatic

#2C97B1 #48B7D2 #79CADE #AADDEA #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#79CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#79CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CADE

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CADE	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.084 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dae8',
    500: '#79cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cade;
$custom-light: #a5dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.881,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CADE

secondary

#B35D48

accent

#3F1DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CADE

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

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