#79CEF8#79CEF8

#79CEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.102 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEF8
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -14.52, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 32.03, 243.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0635 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.102 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8935, 54.9810, 96.9300)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEF8 #F8A379

analogous

#79F8E3 #79CEF8 #798EF8

triadic

#79CEF8 #F879CE #CEF879

tetradic

#79CEF8 #E379F8 #F8A379 #8EF879

square

#79CEF8 #E379F8 #F8A379 #8EF879

split-complementary

#79CEF8 #F8798E #F8E379

monochromatic

#0CA1EA #3FB9F5 #79CEF8 #B3E3FB #E2F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#79CEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#79CEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEF8

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEF8	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CBFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BEF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.102 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfa',
    500: '#79cef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cef8;
$custom-light: #a7ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.843,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8132,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEF8

secondary

#D47241

accent

#4C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEF8

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

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