#79CAEF#79CAEF

#79CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.095 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAEF
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -14.96, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 29.93, 240.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0622 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.095 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5799, 52.5344, 89.4356)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAEF #EF9E79

analogous

#79EFD9 #79CAEF #798FEF

triadic

#79CAEF #EF79CA #CAEF79

tetradic

#79CAEF #D979EF #EF9E79 #8FEF79

square

#79CAEF #D979EF #EF9E79 #8FEF79

split-complementary

#79CAEF #EF798F #EFD979

monochromatic

#199AD4 #42B4E8 #79CAEF #B0E0F6 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#79CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAEF

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAEF	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.095 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf4',
    500: '#79caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caef;
$custom-light: #a6daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.814,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAEF

secondary

#C96D44

accent

#4C0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAEF

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

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