#79CDEC#79CDEC

#79CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.093 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDEC
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -17.34, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 28.96, 233.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0667 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.093 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8512, 53.7801, 87.3577)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDEC #EC9879

analogous

#79ECD2 #79CDEC #7993EC

triadic

#79CDEC #EC79CD #CDEC79

tetradic

#79CDEC #D279EC #EC9879 #93EC79

square

#79CDEC #D279EC #EC9879 #93EC79

split-complementary

#79CDEC #EC7993 #ECD279

monochromatic

#1D9ECD #43B9E4 #79CDEC #AFE1F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#79CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#79CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDEC

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDEC	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.093 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf2',
    500: '#79cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdec;
$custom-light: #a6dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80627,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDEC

secondary

#C56744

accent

#440ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDEC

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

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