#79D0F8#79D0F8

#79D0F8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.101 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D0F8
RGB	rgb(121, 208, 248)
HSL	hsl(199, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -15.56, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 31.77, 240.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0657 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.101 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3780, 55.9500, 97.0915)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D0F8 #F8A179

analogous

#79F8E1 #79D0F8 #7990F8

triadic

#79D0F8 #F879D0 #D0F879

tetradic

#79D0F8 #E179F8 #F8A179 #90F879

square

#79D0F8 #E179F8 #F8A179 #90F879

split-complementary

#79D0F8 #F87990 #F8E179

monochromatic

#0CA4EA #3FBCF5 #79D0F8 #B3E4FB #E2F5FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D0F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#79D0F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D0F8

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D0F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D0F8	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCDFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BFF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BDBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d0f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 208, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.101 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7defa',
    500: '#79d0f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d0f8;
$custom-light: #a7defa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d0f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81761,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D0F8

secondary

#D46F41

accent

#4800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D0F8

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

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