#79D2E8#79D2E8

#79D2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.091 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D2E8
RGB	rgb(121, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -20.97, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 28.39, 222.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0739 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.091 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4917, 55.9806, 84.7364)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D2E8 #E88F79

analogous

#79E8C7 #79D2E8 #799BE8

triadic

#79D2E8 #E879D2 #D2E879

tetradic

#79D2E8 #C779E8 #E88F79 #9BE879

square

#79D2E8 #C779E8 #E88F79 #9BE879

split-complementary

#79D2E8 #E8799B #E8C779

monochromatic

#22A5C5 #45C0DF #79D2E8 #ADE4F1 #E1F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#79D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#79D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D2E8

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D2E8	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3DDAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.091 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e0ef',
    500: '#79d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d2e8;
$custom-light: #a6e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.892,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81596,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D2E8

secondary

#C05D45

accent

#3913D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D2E8

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

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