#79CDEB#79CDEB

#79CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.092 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDEB
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -17.61, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 28.74, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0671 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.092 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7063, 53.7221, 86.5947)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDEB #EB9779

analogous

#79EBD0 #79CDEB #7994EB

triadic

#79CDEB #EB79CD #CDEB79

tetradic

#79CDEB #D079EB #EB9779 #94EB79

square

#79CDEB #D079EB #EB9779 #94EB79

split-complementary

#79CDEB #EB7994 #EBD079

monochromatic

#1E9ECB #44B9E3 #79CDEB #AEE1F3 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#79CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#79CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDEB

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDEB	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.092 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf1',
    500: '#79cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdeb;
$custom-light: #a6dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80589,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDEB

secondary

#C46644

accent

#440FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDEB

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

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