#79CEEB#79CEEB

#79CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.092 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEEB
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -18.13, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 28.73, 230.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0682 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.092 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9463, 54.2021, 86.6747)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEEB #EB9679

analogous

#79EBCF #79CEEB #7995EB

triadic

#79CEEB #EB79CE #CEEB79

tetradic

#79CEEB #CF79EB #EB9679 #95EB79

square

#79CEEB #CF79EB #EB9679 #95EB79

split-complementary

#79CEEB #EB7995 #EBCF79

monochromatic

#1E9FCB #44BBE3 #79CEEB #AEE1F3 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#79CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEEB

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEEB	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.092 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf1',
    500: '#79ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceeb;
$custom-light: #a6ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.263,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80812,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEEB

secondary

#C46544

accent

#420FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEEB

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

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