#79CEEA#79CEEA

#79CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.091 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEEA
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -18.40, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 28.53, 229.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0686 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.091 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8022, 54.1445, 85.9159)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEEA #EA9579

analogous

#79EACD #79CEEA #7996EA

triadic

#79CEEA #EA79CE #CEEA79

tetradic

#79CEEA #CD79EA #EA9579 #96EA79

square

#79CEEA #CD79EA #EA9579 #96EA79

split-complementary

#79CEEA #EA7996 #EACD79

monochromatic

#209FC9 #44BBE2 #79CEEA #AEE1F2 #E3F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#79CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#79CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEEA

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEEA	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.091 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf0',
    500: '#79ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceea;
$custom-light: #a6ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80774,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEEA

secondary

#C36445

accent

#4111D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEEA

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

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