#79CEFF#79CEFF

#79CEFF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.108 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CEFF
RGB	rgb(121, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(202, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -12.54, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 34.27, 248.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0611 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.108 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9998, 55.4235, 102.7567)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CEFF #FFAA79

analogous

#79FFED #79CEFF #798BFF

triadic

#79CEFF #FF79CE #CEFF79

tetradic

#79CEFF #ED79FF #FFAA79 #8BFF79

square

#79CEFF #ED79FF #FFAA79 #8BFF79

split-complementary

#79CEFF #FF798B #FFED79

monochromatic

#00A1FE #3CB8FF #79CEFF #B6E4FF #E0F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#79CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#79CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CEFF

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CEFF	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BEFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FDBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.108 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ddff',
    500: '#79ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ceff;
$custom-light: #a8ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81606,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CEFF

secondary

#DD793F

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CEFF

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

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