#79D3EF#79D3EF

#79D3EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.095 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D3EF
RGB	rgb(121, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -19.58, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 29.53, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0724 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.095 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7535, 56.8816, 90.1601)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79D3EF #EF9579

analogous

#79EFD0 #79D3EF #7998EF

triadic

#79D3EF #EF79D3 #D3EF79

tetradic

#79D3EF #D079EF #EF9579 #98EF79

square

#79D3EF #D079EF #EF9579 #98EF79

split-complementary

#79D3EF #EF7998 #EFD079

monochromatic

#19A8D4 #42C1E8 #79D3EF #B0E5F6 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#79D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#79D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D3EF

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D3EF	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.095 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e0f4',
    500: '#79d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d3ef;
$custom-light: #a7e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82079,
    "c": 0.09471,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D3EF

secondary

#C96344

accent

#3C0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D3EF

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

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