#79CBF2#79CBF2

#79CBF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.097 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBF2
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 242)
HSL	hsl(199, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 16.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -14.65, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 30.67, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0623 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.097 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2622, 53.1839, 91.8675)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBF2 #F2A079

analogous

#79F2DC #79CBF2 #798EF2

triadic

#79CBF2 #F279CB #CBF279

tetradic

#79CBF2 #DC79F2 #F2A079 #8EF279

square

#79CBF2 #DC79F2 #F2A079 #8EF279

split-complementary

#79CBF2 #F2798E #F2DC79

monochromatic

#159BDB #41B5ED #79CBF2 #B1E1F7 #E3F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CBF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#79CBF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBF2

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBF2	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BBF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.097 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7daf6',
    500: '#79cbf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbf2;
$custom-light: #a7daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80417,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBF2

secondary

#CC6F43

accent

#4C07DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBF2

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

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