#79CEEF#79CEEF

#79CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.095 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEEF
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -17.03, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 29.61, 234.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0667 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.095 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5307, 54.4358, 89.7525)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEEF #EF9A79

analogous

#79EFD5 #79CEEF #7993EF

triadic

#79CEEF #EF79CE #CEEF79

tetradic

#79CEEF #D579EF #EF9A79 #93EF79

square

#79CEEF #D579EF #EF9A79 #93EF79

split-complementary

#79CEEF #EF7993 #EFD579

monochromatic

#19A0D4 #42BAE8 #79CEEF #B0E2F6 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#79CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEEF

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEEF	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.095 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf4',
    500: '#79ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceef;
$custom-light: #a6ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.78,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEEF

secondary

#C96944

accent

#450BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEEF

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

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