#79CDFF#79CDFF

#79CDFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.108 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CDFF
RGB	rgb(121, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -12.01, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 34.48, 249.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.06 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.108 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7598, 54.9436, 102.6767)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CDFF #FFAB79

analogous

#79FFEE #79CDFF #798AFF

triadic

#79CDFF #FF79CD #CDFF79

tetradic

#79CDFF #EE79FF #FFAB79 #8AFF79

square

#79CDFF #EE79FF #FFAB79 #8AFF79

split-complementary

#79CDFF #FF798A #FFEE79

monochromatic

#009FFE #3CB6FF #79CDFF #B6E4FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#79CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#79CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CDFF

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CDFF	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.108 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8dcff',
    500: '#79cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cdff;
$custom-light: #a8dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.388,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CDFF

secondary

#DD7A3F

accent

#5600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CDFF

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

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