#79CDFA#79CDFA

#79CDFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.104 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDFA
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 250)
HSL	hsl(201, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 18%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -13.44, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 32.81, 245.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0617 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.104 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9654, 54.6258, 98.4928)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDFA #FAA679

analogous

#79FAE6 #79CDFA #798CFA

triadic

#79CDFA #FA79CD #CDFA79

tetradic

#79CDFA #E679FA #FAA679 #8CFA79

square

#79CDFA #E679FA #FAA679 #8CFA79

split-complementary

#79CDFA #FA798C #FAE679

monochromatic

#099FF0 #3EB7F8 #79CDFA #B4E3FC #E2F4FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#79CDFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#79CDFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDFA

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDFA	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BDF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdfa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.104 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7dcfc',
    500: '#79cdfa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdfa;
$custom-light: #a7dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdfa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDFA

secondary

#D77541

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDFA

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

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