#79CBEF#79CBEF

#79CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.095 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBEF
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -15.48, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 29.83, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0634 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.095 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8153, 53.0052, 89.5140)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBEF #EF9D79

analogous

#79EFD8 #79CBEF #7990EF

triadic

#79CBEF #EF79CB #CBEF79

tetradic

#79CBEF #D879EF #EF9D79 #90EF79

square

#79CBEF #D879EF #EF9D79 #90EF79

split-complementary

#79CBEF #EF7990 #EFD879

monochromatic

#199BD4 #42B6E8 #79CBEF #B0E0F6 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#79CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBEF

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBEF	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.095 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf4',
    500: '#79cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbef;
$custom-light: #a6daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80299,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBEF

secondary

#C96C44

accent

#4A0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBEF

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

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