#79CBF0#79CBF0

#79CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.096 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBF0
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -15.21, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 30.10, 239.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.063 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.096 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9635, 53.0645, 90.2942)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBF0 #F09E79

analogous

#79F0D9 #79CBF0 #798FF0

triadic

#79CBF0 #F079CB #CBF079

tetradic

#79CBF0 #D979F0 #F09E79 #8FF079

square

#79CBF0 #D979F0 #F09E79 #8FF079

split-complementary

#79CBF0 #F0798F #F0D979

monochromatic

#189BD7 #42B6EA #79CBF0 #B0E0F6 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#79CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBF0

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBF0	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.096 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6daf5',
    500: '#79cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbf0;
$custom-light: #a6daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80338,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBF0

secondary

#CA6D43

accent

#4B09DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBF0

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

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