#79CCFF#79CCFF

#79CCFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.109 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CCFF
RGB	rgb(121, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -11.49, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 34.70, 250.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0589 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.109 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5214, 54.4667, 102.5972)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CCFF #FFAC79

analogous

#79FFEF #79CCFF #7989FF

triadic

#79CCFF #FF79CC #CCFF79

tetradic

#79CCFF #EF79FF #FFAC79 #89FF79

square

#79CCFF #EF79FF #FFAC79 #89FF79

split-complementary

#79CCFF #FF7989 #FFEF79

monochromatic

#009DFE #3CB5FF #79CCFF #B6E3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#79CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CCFF

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CCFF	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.109 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8dbff',
    500: '#79ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ccff;
$custom-light: #a8dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81169,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CCFF

secondary

#DD7B3F

accent

#5700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFF

border

#D0D4D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CCFF

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

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