#79CEE2#79CEE2

#79CEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.087 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEE2
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -20.55, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 27.26, 221.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0716 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.087 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6788, 53.6951, 79.9992)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEE2 #E28D79

analogous

#79E2C2 #79CEE2 #7999E2

triadic

#79CEE2 #E279CE #CEE279

tetradic

#79CEE2 #C279E2 #E28D79 #99E279

square

#79CEE2 #C279E2 #E28D79 #99E279

split-complementary

#79CEE2 #E27999 #E2C279

monochromatic

#289DB9 #47BCD7 #79CEE2 #ABE0ED #DEF3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#79CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#79CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEE2

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEE2	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.087 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddeb',
    500: '#79cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cee2;
$custom-light: #a6ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80478,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEE2

secondary

#B95C46

accent

#3B19CC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEE2

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

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