#79CEF2#79CEF2

#79CEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.097 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEF2
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -16.20, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 30.35, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0657 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.097 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9775, 54.6146, 92.1060)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEF2 #F29D79

analogous

#79F2D9 #79CEF2 #7991F2

triadic

#79CEF2 #F279CE #CEF279

tetradic

#79CEF2 #D979F2 #F29D79 #91F279

square

#79CEF2 #D979F2 #F29D79 #91F279

split-complementary

#79CEF2 #F27991 #F2D979

monochromatic

#15A0DB #41BAED #79CEF2 #B1E2F7 #E3F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#79CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#79CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEF2

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEF2	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCBF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BDF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.097 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddf6',
    500: '#79cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cef2;
$custom-light: #a7ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81082,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEF2

secondary

#CC6C43

accent

#4707DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEF2

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

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