#79CBEE#79CBEE

#79CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.094 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBEE
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -15.76, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 29.57, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0637 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.094 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6680, 52.9463, 88.7381)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBEE #EE9C79

analogous

#79EED7 #79CBEE #7990EE

triadic

#79CBEE #EE79CB #CBEE79

tetradic

#79CBEE #D779EE #EE9C79 #90EE79

square

#79CBEE #D779EE #EE9C79 #90EE79

split-complementary

#79CBEE #EE7990 #EED779

monochromatic

#1B9BD2 #43B6E7 #79CBEE #AFE0F5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#79CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBEE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBEE	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.094 227.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBEE

secondary

#C76B44

accent

#490CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBEE

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

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