#79CDEE#79CDEE

#79CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.094 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDEE
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -16.79, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 29.43, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.066 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.094 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1434, 53.8970, 88.8966)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDEE #EE9A79

analogous

#79EED4 #79CDEE #7992EE

triadic

#79CDEE #EE79CD #CDEE79

tetradic

#79CDEE #D479EE #EE9A79 #92EE79

square

#79CDEE #D479EE #EE9A79 #92EE79

split-complementary

#79CDEE #EE7992 #EED479

monochromatic

#1B9ED2 #43B9E7 #79CDEE #AFE1F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#79CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDEE

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDEE	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.094 225.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80704,
    "c": 0.09399,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDEE

secondary

#C76944

accent

#460CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDEE

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

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