#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
RGBrgb(121, 208, 248)
HSLhsl(199, 90%, 72%)
HSVhsv(199, 51%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(51.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.59, -15.56, -27.70)
CIE-LCHlch(79.59, 31.77, 240.67°)
OKLaboklab(81.76% -0.0657 -0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(81.76% 0.101 229.5)
XYZxyz(47.3780, 55.9500, 97.0915)
Luminance0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##79D0F81.001.7212.1912.19
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1921.001.001.00
##00000012.1921.001.001.00

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

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#79D0F8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva