#79CFFD#79CFFD

#79CFFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.106 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CFFD
RGB	rgb(121, 207, 253)
HSL	hsl(201, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -13.63, -30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 33.42, 245.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0629 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.106 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9211, 55.7784, 101.1504)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CFFD #FDA779

analogous

#79FDE9 #79CFFD #798DFD

triadic

#79CFFD #FD79CF #CFFD79

tetradic

#79CFFD #E979FD #FDA779 #8DFD79

square

#79CFFD #E979FD #FDA779 #8DFD79

split-complementary

#79CFFD #FD798D #FDE979

monochromatic

#04A3F8 #3DB9FC #79CFFD #B5E5FE #E1F4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#79CFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#79CFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CFFD

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CFFD	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23DBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 207, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.106 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ddfe',
    500: '#79cffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cffd;
$custom-light: #a8ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.909,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81743,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CFFD

secondary

#DA7640

accent

#5000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CFFD

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

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