#79CDF6#79CDF6

#79CDF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.100 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDF6
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(200, 87%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -14.57, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 31.58, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0631 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.1 231)
XYZ	xyz(46.3449, 54.3776, 95.2246)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDF6 #F6A279

analogous

#79F6E1 #79CDF6 #798FF6

triadic

#79CDF6 #F679CD #CDF679

tetradic

#79CDF6 #E179F6 #F6A279 #8FF679

square

#79CDF6 #E179F6 #F6A279 #8FF679

split-complementary

#79CDF6 #F6798F #F6E179

monochromatic

#0F9FE5 #40B8F2 #79CDF6 #B2E2FA #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CDF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#79CDF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDF6

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDF6	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BDF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FD8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.100 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcf9',
    500: '#79cdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdf6;
$custom-light: #a7dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 87.413,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.54381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDF6

secondary

#D17142

accent

#4C02E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDF6

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

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