#79D0EE#79D0EE

#79D0EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.094 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D0EE
RGB	rgb(121, 208, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -18.33, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 29.32, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0694 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.094 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8679, 55.3460, 89.1381)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D0EE #EE9779

analogous

#79EED2 #79D0EE #7995EE

triadic

#79D0EE #EE79D0 #D0EE79

tetradic

#79D0EE #D279EE #EE9779 #95EE79

square

#79D0EE #D279EE #EE9779 #95EE79

split-complementary

#79D0EE #EE7995 #EED279

monochromatic

#1BA3D2 #43BDE7 #79D0EE #AFE3F5 #E4F5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#79D0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#79D0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D0EE

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D0EE	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 208, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.094 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7def3',
    500: '#79d0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d0ee;
$custom-light: #a7def3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81372,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D0EE

secondary

#C76644

accent

#410CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D0EE

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

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