#79CCED#79CCED

#79CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.093 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCED
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -16.55, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 29.24, 235.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0652 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.093 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7584, 53.3615, 88.0455)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCED #ED9A79

analogous

#79EDD4 #79CCED #7992ED

triadic

#79CCED #ED79CC #CCED79

tetradic

#79CCED #D479ED #ED9A79 #92ED79

square

#79CCED #D479ED #ED9A79 #92ED79

split-complementary

#79CCED #ED7992 #EDD479

monochromatic

#1C9DD0 #43B7E6 #79CCED #AFE1F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#79CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCED

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCED	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.093 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf3',
    500: '#79cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cced;
$custom-light: #a6dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80443,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCED

secondary

#C66944

accent

#470DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCED

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

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