#79CCE2#79CCE2

#79CCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.087 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCE2
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(193, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -19.53, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 27.09, 223.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0693 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.087 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2004, 52.7383, 79.8398)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCE2 #E28F79

analogous

#79E2C3 #79CCE2 #7998E2

triadic

#79CCE2 #E279CC #CCE279

tetradic

#79CCE2 #C379E2 #E28F79 #98E279

square

#79CCE2 #C379E2 #E28F79 #98E279

split-complementary

#79CCE2 #E27998 #E2C379

monochromatic

#289AB9 #47B9D7 #79CCE2 #ABDFED #DEF2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#79CCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#79CCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCE2

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCE2	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.087 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbeb',
    500: '#79cce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cce2;
$custom-light: #a5dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.571,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.08653,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCE2

secondary

#B95E46

accent

#3F19CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCE2

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

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