#79CAFA#79CAFA

#79CAFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.105 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAFA
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 250)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -11.87, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 33.39, 249.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0584 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.105 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2547, 53.2043, 98.2559)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAFA #FAA979

analogous

#79FAEA #79CAFA #7989FA

triadic

#79CAFA #FA79CA #CAFA79

tetradic

#79CAFA #EA79FA #FAA979 #89FA79

square

#79CAFA #EA79FA #FAA979 #89FA79

split-complementary

#79CAFA #FA7989 #FAEA79

monochromatic

#099AF0 #3EB3F8 #79CAFA #B4E1FC #E2F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#79CAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAFA

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAFA	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BBF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BD6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.105 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dafc',
    500: '#79cafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cafa;
$custom-light: #a7dafc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAFA

secondary

#D77841

accent

#5500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAFA

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

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