#79CDF2#79CDF2

#79CDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.097 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDF2
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -15.69, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 30.45, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0645 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.097 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7376, 54.1347, 92.0260)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDF2 #F29E79

analogous

#79F2DA #79CDF2 #7990F2

triadic

#79CDF2 #F279CD #CDF279

tetradic

#79CDF2 #DA79F2 #F29E79 #90F279

square

#79CDF2 #DA79F2 #F29E79 #90F279

split-complementary

#79CDF2 #F27990 #F2DA79

monochromatic

#159FDB #41B8ED #79CDF2 #B1E2F7 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#79CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDF2

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDF2	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACAF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BDF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.097 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcf6',
    500: '#79cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdf2;
$custom-light: #a7dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.347,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8086,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDF2

secondary

#CC6D43

accent

#4907DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDF2

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

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