#79CDE1#79CDE1

#79CDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.086 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDE1
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -20.31, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 27.04, 221.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0709 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.086 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3020, 53.1604, 79.1987)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDE1 #E18D79

analogous

#79E1C1 #79CDE1 #7999E1

triadic

#79CDE1 #E179CD #CDE179

tetradic

#79CDE1 #C179E1 #E18D79 #99E179

square

#79CDE1 #C179E1 #E18D79 #99E179

split-complementary

#79CDE1 #E17999 #E1C179

monochromatic

#299BB7 #47BAD6 #79CDE1 #ABE0EC #DDF2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#79CDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#79CDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDE1

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDE1	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.086 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dcea',
    500: '#79cde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cde1;
$custom-light: #a5dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80216,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDE1

secondary

#B85C47

accent

#3C1ACB

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDE1

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

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