#79CAFB#79CAFB

#79CAFB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.106 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CAFB
RGB	rgb(121, 202, 251)
HSL	hsl(203, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -11.58, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 33.74, 249.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0581 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.106 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4119, 53.2672, 99.0839)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CAFB #FBAA79

analogous

#79FBEB #79CAFB #7989FB

triadic

#79CAFB #FB79CA #CAFB79

tetradic

#79CAFB #EB79FB #FBAA79 #89FB79

square

#79CAFB #EB79FB #FBAA79 #89FB79

split-complementary

#79CAFB #FB7989 #FBEB79

monochromatic

#079AF2 #3EB2F9 #79CAFB #B4E2FD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CAFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#79CAFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CAFB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CAFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CAFB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BBFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cafb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 202, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.106 236.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cafb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.615,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80564,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CAFB

secondary

#D87940

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CAFB

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

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