#79CBEC#79CBEC

#79CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.093 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBEC
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -16.31, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 29.06, 235.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0645 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.093 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3758, 52.8294, 87.1992)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBEC #EC9A79

analogous

#79ECD3 #79CBEC #7992EC

triadic

#79CBEC #EC79CB #CBEC79

tetradic

#79CBEC #D379EC #EC9A79 #92EC79

square

#79CBEC #D379EC #EC9A79 #92EC79

split-complementary

#79CBEC #EC7992 #ECD379

monochromatic

#1D9BCD #43B6E4 #79CBEC #AFE0F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#79CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBEC

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBEC	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.093 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf2',
    500: '#79cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbec;
$custom-light: #a6daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80182,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBEC

secondary

#C56944

accent

#480ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBEC

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

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