#79CEED#79CEED

#79CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.093 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEED
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -17.58, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 29.15, 232.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0675 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.093 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2368, 54.3183, 88.2050)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEED #ED9879

analogous

#79EDD2 #79CEED #7994ED

triadic

#79CEED #ED79CE #CEED79

tetradic

#79CEED #D279ED #ED9879 #94ED79

square

#79CEED #D279ED #ED9879 #94ED79

split-complementary

#79CEED #ED7994 #EDD279

monochromatic

#1CA0D0 #43BAE6 #79CEED #AFE2F4 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#79CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEED

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEED	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.093 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf3',
    500: '#79ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceed;
$custom-light: #a6ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80888,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEED

secondary

#C66744

accent

#430DD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEED

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

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