#79CDED#79CDED

#79CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.093 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDED
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -17.07, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 29.19, 234.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0664 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.093 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9969, 53.8384, 88.1250)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDED #ED9979

analogous

#79EDD3 #79CDED #7993ED

triadic

#79CDED #ED79CD #CDED79

tetradic

#79CDED #D379ED #ED9979 #93ED79

square

#79CDED #D379ED #ED9979 #93ED79

split-complementary

#79CDED #ED7993 #EDD379

monochromatic

#1C9ED0 #43B9E6 #79CDED #AFE1F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#79CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDED

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDED	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.093 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dcf3',
    500: '#79cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cded;
$custom-light: #a6dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80665,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDED

secondary

#C66844

accent

#450DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDED

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

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