#79CBFF#79CBFF

#79CBFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.109 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBFF
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -10.96, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 34.93, 251.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0578 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.109 238)
XYZ	xyz(47.2845, 53.9929, 102.5182)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBFF #FFAD79

analogous

#79FFF0 #79CBFF #7988FF

triadic

#79CBFF #FF79CB #CBFF79

tetradic

#79CBFF #F079FF #FFAD79 #88FF79

square

#79CBFF #F079FF #FFAD79 #88FF79

split-complementary

#79CBFF #FF7988 #FFF079

monochromatic

#009BFE #3CB3FF #79CBFF #B6E3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#79CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBFF

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBFF	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.109 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8daff',
    500: '#79cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbff;
$custom-light: #a8daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8095,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.53997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBFF

secondary

#DD7C3F

accent

#5900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBFF

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

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