#79CEF5#79CEF5

#79CEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.099 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEF5
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 245)
HSL	hsl(199, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -15.37, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 31.16, 240.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0646 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.099 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4318, 54.7963, 94.4984)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEF5 #F5A079

analogous

#79F5DE #79CEF5 #7990F5

triadic

#79CEF5 #F579CE #CEF579

tetradic

#79CEF5 #DE79F5 #F5A079 #90F579

square

#79CEF5 #DE79F5 #F5A079 #90F579

split-complementary

#79CEF5 #F57990 #F5DE79

monochromatic

#11A1E3 #40B9F1 #79CEF5 #B2E3F9 #E3F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#79CEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#79CEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEF5

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEF5	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACBF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.099 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddf8',
    500: '#79cef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cef5;
$custom-light: #a7ddf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.812,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEF5

secondary

#D06F42

accent

#4903E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEF5

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

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