#79CFE5#79CFE5

#79CFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.089 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CFE5
RGB	rgb(121, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -20.26, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 27.74, 223.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0716 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.089 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3355, 54.3442, 82.2667)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CFE5 #E58F79

analogous

#79E5C5 #79CFE5 #7999E5

triadic

#79CFE5 #E579CF #CFE579

tetradic

#79CFE5 #C579E5 #E58F79 #99E579

square

#79CFE5 #C579E5 #E58F79 #99E579

split-complementary

#79CFE5 #E57999 #E5C579

monochromatic

#259FBF #46BDDB #79CFE5 #ACE1EF #E0F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#79CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#79CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CFE5

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CFE5	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.089 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dded',
    500: '#79cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cfe5;
$custom-light: #a6dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80812,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CFE5

secondary

#BD5E46

accent

#3C16CF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CFE5

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

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