#79CAEB#79CAEB

#79CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.092 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAEB
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -16.07, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 28.88, 236.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0637 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.092 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9956, 52.3007, 86.3578)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAEB #EB9A79

analogous

#79EBD3 #79CAEB #7991EB

triadic

#79CAEB #EB79CA #CAEB79

tetradic

#79CAEB #D379EB #EB9A79 #91EB79

square

#79CAEB #D379EB #EB9A79 #91EB79

split-complementary

#79CAEB #EB7991 #EBD379

monochromatic

#1E99CB #44B5E3 #79CAEB #AEDFF3 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#79CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAEB

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAEB	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DD4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.092 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf1',
    500: '#79caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caeb;
$custom-light: #a6daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAEB

secondary

#C46944

accent

#490FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAEB

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

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