#79CCDD#79CCDD

#79CCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.084 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCDD
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(190, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -20.86, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 26.48, 218.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0713 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.084 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5243, 52.4678, 76.2790)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCDD #DD8A79

analogous

#79DDBC #79CCDD #799ADD

triadic

#79CCDD #DD79CC #CCDD79

tetradic

#79CCDD #BC79DD #DD8A79 #9ADD79

square

#79CCDD #BC79DD #DD8A79 #9ADD79

split-complementary

#79CCDD #DD799A #DDBC79

monochromatic

#2C99AF #48B9D1 #79CCDD #AADFE9 #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#79CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCDD

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCDD	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.084 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe7',
    500: '#79ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccdd;
$custom-light: #a5dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79846,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCDD

secondary

#B15B49

accent

#3B1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCDD

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

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