#79D3FA#79D3FA

#79D3FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.102 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D3FA
RGB	rgb(121, 211, 250)
HSL	hsl(198, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -16.55, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 31.99, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0683 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.102 228)
XYZ	xyz(48.4283, 57.5515, 98.9804)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79D3FA #FAA079

analogous

#79FAE1 #79D3FA #7992FA

triadic

#79D3FA #FA79D3 #D3FA79

tetradic

#79D3FA #E179FA #FAA079 #92FA79

square

#79D3FA #E179FA #FAA079 #92FA79

split-complementary

#79D3FA #FA7992 #FAE179

monochromatic

#09AAF0 #3EC0F8 #79D3FA #B4E6FC #E2F5FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D3FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#79D3FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D3FA

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D3FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D3FA	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC2FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26DEE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d3fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 211, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.102 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e0fc',
    500: '#79d3fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d3fa;
$custom-light: #a8e0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d3fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82504,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.57556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D3FA

secondary

#D76E41

accent

#4500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D3FA

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

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