#79CFEF#79CFEF

#79CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.095 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CFEF
RGB	rgb(121, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -17.54, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 29.57, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0679 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.095 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7722, 54.9188, 89.8330)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CFEF #EF9979

analogous

#79EFD4 #79CFEF #7994EF

triadic

#79CFEF #EF79CF #CFEF79

tetradic

#79CFEF #D479EF #EF9979 #94EF79

square

#79CFEF #D479EF #EF9979 #94EF79

split-complementary

#79CFEF #EF7994 #EFD479

monochromatic

#19A2D4 #42BBE8 #79CFEF #B0E3F6 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#79CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#79CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CFEF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CFEF	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.095 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddf4',
    500: '#79cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cfef;
$custom-light: #a7ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81188,
    "c": 0.0946,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CFEF

secondary

#C96844

accent

#430BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CFEF

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

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