#79CBE4#79CBE4

#79CBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.087 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBE4
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -18.49, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 27.36, 227.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0674 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.087 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2395, 52.3749, 81.2145)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBE4 #E49279

analogous

#79E4C8 #79CBE4 #7995E4

triadic

#79CBE4 #E479CB #CBE479

tetradic

#79CBE4 #C879E4 #E49279 #95E479

square

#79CBE4 #C879E4 #E49279 #95E479

split-complementary

#79CBE4 #E47995 #E4C879

monochromatic

#2699BD #46B7DA #79CBE4 #ACDFEE #DFF3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#79CBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBE4

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBE4	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.087 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbec',
    500: '#79cbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbe4;
$custom-light: #a6dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.019,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBE4

secondary

#BB6146

accent

#4217CE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBE4

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

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