#79CCDE#79CCDE

#79CCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.085 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCDE
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -20.60, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 26.58, 219.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0709 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.085 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6579, 52.5213, 76.9828)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCDE #DE8B79

analogous

#79DEBE #79CCDE #799ADE

triadic

#79CCDE #DE79CC #CCDE79

tetradic

#79CCDE #BE79DE #DE8B79 #9ADE79

square

#79CCDE #BE79DE #DE8B79 #9ADE79

split-complementary

#79CCDE #DE799A #DEBE79

monochromatic

#2C99B1 #48B9D2 #79CCDE #AADFEA #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#79CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCDE

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCDE	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.085 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe8',
    500: '#79ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccde;
$custom-light: #a5dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCDE

secondary

#B35B48

accent

#3C1DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCDE

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

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