#79CAEE#79CAEE

#79CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.094 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAEE
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -15.24, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 29.66, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0626 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.094 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4326, 52.4755, 88.6597)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAEE #EE9D79

analogous

#79EED8 #79CAEE #798FEE

triadic

#79CAEE #EE79CA #CAEE79

tetradic

#79CAEE #D879EE #EE9D79 #8FEE79

square

#79CAEE #D879EE #EE9D79 #8FEE79

split-complementary

#79CAEE #EE798F #EED879

monochromatic

#1B9AD2 #43B5E7 #79CAEE #AFDFF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#79CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAEE

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAEE	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.094 228.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80038,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAEE

secondary

#C76C44

accent

#4B0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAEE

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

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