#79CAEA#79CAEA

#79CAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.091 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAEA
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -16.34, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 28.63, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.064 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.091 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8515, 52.2430, 85.5990)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAEA #EA9979

analogous

#79EAD1 #79CAEA #7992EA

triadic

#79CAEA #EA79CA #CAEA79

tetradic

#79CAEA #D179EA #EA9979 #92EA79

square

#79CAEA #D179EA #EA9979 #92EA79

split-complementary

#79CAEA #EA7992 #EAD179

monochromatic

#2099C9 #44B5E2 #79CAEA #AEDFF2 #E3F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CAEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#79CAEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAEA

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAEA	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ED4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.091 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf0',
    500: '#79caea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caea;
$custom-light: #a6daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAEA

secondary

#C36845

accent

#4811D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAEA

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

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