#79CCEF#79CCEF

#79CCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.095 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCEF
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -16.00, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 29.74, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0645 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.095 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0523, 53.4790, 89.5930)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCEF #EF9C79

analogous

#79EFD7 #79CCEF #7991EF

triadic

#79CCEF #EF79CC #CCEF79

tetradic

#79CCEF #D779EF #EF9C79 #91EF79

square

#79CCEF #D779EF #EF9C79 #91EF79

split-complementary

#79CCEF #EF7991 #EFD779

monochromatic

#199DD4 #42B7E8 #79CCEF #B0E1F6 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#79CCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCEF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCEF	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.095 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbf4',
    500: '#79ccef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccef;
$custom-light: #a6dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80521,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCEF

secondary

#C96B44

accent

#480BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCEF

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

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