#79CAEC#79CAEC

#79CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.093 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAEC
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -15.79, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 29.13, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0633 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.093 227)
XYZ	xyz(44.1404, 52.3586, 87.1208)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAEC #EC9B79

analogous

#79ECD4 #79CAEC #7991EC

triadic

#79CAEC #EC79CA #CAEC79

tetradic

#79CAEC #D479EC #EC9B79 #91EC79

square

#79CAEC #D479EC #EC9B79 #91EC79

split-complementary

#79CAEC #EC7991 #ECD479

monochromatic

#1D99CD #43B5E4 #79CAEC #AFDFF4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#79CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAEC

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAEC	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)

#B8C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.093 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf2',
    500: '#79caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caec;
$custom-light: #a6daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79959,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.52362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAEC

secondary

#C56A44

accent

#4A0ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAEC

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

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