#79D2EF#79D2EF

#79D2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.095 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D2EF
RGB	rgb(121, 210, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -19.08, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 29.51, 229.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0712 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.095 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5059, 56.3863, 90.0775)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D2EF #EF9679

analogous

#79EFD1 #79D2EF #7997EF

triadic

#79D2EF #EF79D2 #D2EF79

tetradic

#79D2EF #D179EF #EF9679 #97EF79

square

#79D2EF #D179EF #EF9679 #97EF79

split-complementary

#79D2EF #EF7997 #EFD179

monochromatic

#19A6D4 #42C0E8 #79D2EF #B0E4F6 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#79D2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#79D2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D2EF

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D2EF	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 210, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.095 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e0f4',
    500: '#79d2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d2ef;
$custom-light: #a7e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81856,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D2EF

secondary

#C96444

accent

#3E0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D2EF

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

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