#79CAF6#79CAF6

#79CAF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.101 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAF6
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 246)
HSL	hsl(201, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -13.00, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 32.05, 246.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0598 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.101 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6341, 52.9561, 94.9877)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAF6 #F6A579

analogous

#79F6E4 #79CAF6 #798CF6

triadic

#79CAF6 #F679CA #CAF679

tetradic

#79CAF6 #E479F6 #F6A579 #8CF679

square

#79CAF6 #E479F6 #F6A579 #8CF679

split-complementary

#79CAF6 #F6798C #F6E479

monochromatic

#0F9AE5 #40B3F2 #79CAF6 #B2E1FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#79CAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAF6

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAF6	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BBF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79caf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.101 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7daf9',
    500: '#79caf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79caf6;
$custom-light: #a7daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79caf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.12,
    "s": 87.413,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAF6

secondary

#D17442

accent

#5102E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAF6

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

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