#79CCF8#79CCF8

#79CCF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.102 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCF8
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 248)
HSL	hsl(201, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -13.48, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 32.35, 245.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0613 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.102 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4151, 54.0242, 96.7705)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCF8 #F8A579

analogous

#79F8E4 #79CCF8 #798DF8

triadic

#79CCF8 #F879CC #CCF879

tetradic

#79CCF8 #E479F8 #F8A579 #8DF879

square

#79CCF8 #E479F8 #F8A579 #8DF879

split-complementary

#79CCF8 #F8798D #F8E479

monochromatic

#0C9DEA #3FB6F5 #79CCF8 #B3E2FB #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#79CCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCF8

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCF8	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BCF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DD8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.102 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dbfa',
    500: '#79ccf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccf8;
$custom-light: #a7dbfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8088,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCF8

secondary

#D47441

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCF8

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

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