#79CFEB#79CFEB

#79CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.092 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CFEB
RGB	rgb(121, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -18.64, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 28.73, 229.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0694 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.092 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1878, 54.6851, 86.7552)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CFEB #EB9579

analogous

#79EBCE #79CFEB #7996EB

triadic

#79CFEB #EB79CF #CFEB79

tetradic

#79CFEB #CE79EB #EB9579 #96EB79

square

#79CFEB #CE79EB #EB9579 #96EB79

split-complementary

#79CFEB #EB7996 #EBCE79

monochromatic

#1EA1CB #44BCE3 #79CFEB #AEE2F3 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#79CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#79CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CFEB

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CFEB	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.092 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6ddf1',
    500: '#79cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cfeb;
$custom-light: #a6ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CFEB

secondary

#C46444

accent

#400FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CFEB

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

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