#79CDE2#79CDE2

#79CDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.087 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDE2
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -20.04, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 27.17, 222.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0705 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.087 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4388, 53.2152, 79.9192)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDE2 #E28E79

analogous

#79E2C2 #79CDE2 #7998E2

triadic

#79CDE2 #E279CD #CDE279

tetradic

#79CDE2 #C279E2 #E28E79 #98E279

square

#79CDE2 #C279E2 #E28E79 #98E279

split-complementary

#79CDE2 #E27998 #E2C279

monochromatic

#289CB9 #47BAD7 #79CDE2 #ABE0ED #DEF3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#79CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#79CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDE2

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDE2	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.087 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dceb',
    500: '#79cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cde2;
$custom-light: #a6dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80253,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDE2

secondary

#B95D46

accent

#3D19CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDE2

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

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