#79CBED#79CBED

#79CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.093 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBED
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -16.04, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 29.31, 236.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0641 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.093 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5215, 52.8877, 87.9665)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBED #ED9B79

analogous

#79EDD5 #79CBED #7991ED

triadic

#79CBED #ED79CB #CBED79

tetradic

#79CBED #D579ED #ED9B79 #91ED79

square

#79CBED #D579ED #ED9B79 #91ED79

split-complementary

#79CBED #ED7991 #EDD579

monochromatic

#1C9BD0 #43B6E6 #79CBED #AFE0F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#79CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBED

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBED	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.093 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf3',
    500: '#79cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbed;
$custom-light: #a6daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBED

secondary

#C66A44

accent

#490DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBED

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

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