#79CBF6#79CBF6

#79CBF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.101 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79CBF6
RGBrgb(121, 203, 246)
HSLhsl(201, 87%, 72%)
HSVhsv(201, 51%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(50.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.13, -13.53, -28.87)
CIE-LCHlch(78.13, 31.88, 244.90°)
OKLaboklab(80.58% -0.0609 -0.0802)
OKLCHoklch(80.58% 0.101 232.8)
XYZxyz(45.8695, 53.4269, 95.0661)
Luminance0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79CBF6 #F6A479
analogous
#79F6E3 #79CBF6 #798DF6
triadic
#79CBF6 #F679CB #CBF679
tetradic
#79CBF6 #E379F6 #F6A479 #8DF679
square
#79CBF6 #E379F6 #F6A479 #8DF679
split-complementary
#79CBF6 #F6798D #F6E379
monochromatic
#0F9CE5 #40B5F2 #79CBF6 #B2E1FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#79CBF6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69
#79CBF6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBF6
11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79CBF6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79CBF61.001.8011.6911.69
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6921.001.001.00
##00000011.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C9F8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5BBF5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30D7D9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79cbf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.101 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7daf9',
    500: '#79cbf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79cbf6;
$custom-light: #a7daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79cbf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 87.413,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80578,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79CBF6
secondary
#D17342
accent
#4F02E4
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FBFF
border
#D0D4D7
text
#101417
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

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#79CBF6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva