#79CEEC#79CEEC

#79CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.093 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEEC
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -17.85, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 28.94, 231.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0679 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.093 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0911, 54.2600, 87.4377)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEEC #EC9779

analogous

#79ECD0 #79CEEC #7995EC

triadic

#79CEEC #EC79CE #CEEC79

tetradic

#79CEEC #D079EC #EC9779 #95EC79

square

#79CEEC #D079EC #EC9779 #95EC79

split-complementary

#79CEEC #EC7995 #ECD079

monochromatic

#1D9FCD #43BAE4 #79CEEC #AFE2F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#79CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEEC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEEC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AD8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.093 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf2',
    500: '#79ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceec;
$custom-light: #a6ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8085,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEEC

secondary

#C56644

accent

#430ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEEC

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

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