#79CEFD#79CEFD

#79CEFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.106 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEFD
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -13.11, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 33.60, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0618 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.106 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6796, 55.2954, 101.0699)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEFD #FDA879

analogous

#79FDEA #79CEFD #798CFD

triadic

#79CEFD #FD79CE #CEFD79

tetradic

#79CEFD #EA79FD #FDA879 #8CFD79

square

#79CEFD #EA79FD #FDA879 #8CFD79

split-complementary

#79CEFD #FD798C #FDEA79

monochromatic

#04A1F8 #3DB8FC #79CEFD #B5E4FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#79CEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#79CEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEFD

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEFD	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.106 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ddfe',
    500: '#79cefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cefd;
$custom-light: #a8ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81524,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEFD

secondary

#DA7740

accent

#5200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEFD

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

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