#79D0EA#79D0EA

#79D0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.092 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D0EA
RGB	rgb(121, 208, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -19.42, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 28.57, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0709 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.092 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2867, 55.1135, 86.0775)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D0EA #EA9379

analogous

#79EACB #79D0EA #7998EA

triadic

#79D0EA #EA79D0 #D0EA79

tetradic

#79D0EA #CB79EA #EA9379 #98EA79

square

#79D0EA #CB79EA #EA9379 #98EA79

split-complementary

#79D0EA #EA7998 #EACB79

monochromatic

#20A2C9 #44BDE2 #79D0EA #AEE3F2 #E3F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#79D0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#79D0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D0EA

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D0EA	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CD9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 208, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.092 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6def0',
    500: '#79d0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d0ea;
$custom-light: #a6def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D0EA

secondary

#C36245

accent

#3E11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D0EA

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

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