#79CFF8#79CFF8

#79CFF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.101 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CFF8
RGB	rgb(121, 207, 248)
HSL	hsl(199, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -15.04, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 31.90, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0646 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.101 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1350, 55.4640, 97.0105)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CFF8 #F8A279

analogous

#79F8E1 #79CFF8 #7990F8

triadic

#79CFF8 #F879CF #CFF879

tetradic

#79CFF8 #E179F8 #F8A279 #90F879

square

#79CFF8 #E179F8 #F8A279 #90F879

split-complementary

#79CFF8 #F87990 #F8E179

monochromatic

#0CA3EA #3FBAF5 #79CFF8 #B3E4FB #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#79CFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#79CFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CFF8

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CFF8	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)

#BACCFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BEF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BDADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 207, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.101 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ddfa',
    500: '#79cff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cff8;
$custom-light: #a7ddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CFF8

secondary

#D47141

accent

#4A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CFF8

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

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