#79CDFD#79CDFD

#79CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.106 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDFD
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(202, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -12.59, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 33.80, 248.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0607 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.106 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4396, 54.8155, 100.9900)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDFD #FDA979

analogous

#79FDEB #79CDFD #798BFD

triadic

#79CDFD #FD79CD #CDFD79

tetradic

#79CDFD #EB79FD #FDA979 #8BFD79

square

#79CDFD #EB79FD #FDA979 #8BFD79

split-complementary

#79CDFD #FD798B #FDEB79

monochromatic

#049FF8 #3DB7FC #79CDFD #B5E3FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#79CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#79CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDFD

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDFD	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.106 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8dcfe',
    500: '#79cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdfd;
$custom-light: #a8dcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81304,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDFD

secondary

#DA7840

accent

#5300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDFD

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

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