#79CAED#79CAED

#79CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.094 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAED
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -15.52, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 29.39, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.063 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.094 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2861, 52.4169, 87.8881)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAED #ED9C79

analogous

#79EDD6 #79CAED #7990ED

triadic

#79CAED #ED79CA #CAED79

tetradic

#79CAED #D679ED #ED9C79 #90ED79

square

#79CAED #D679ED #ED9C79 #90ED79

split-complementary

#79CAED #ED7990 #EDD679

monochromatic

#1C99D0 #43B5E6 #79CAED #AFDFF4 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#79CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAED

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAED	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.094 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf3',
    500: '#79caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caed;
$custom-light: #a6daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79998,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAED

secondary

#C66B44

accent

#4A0DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAED

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

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