#79D3FD#79D3FD

#79D3FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.105 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D3FD
RGB	rgb(121, 211, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -15.70, -28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 32.82, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0673 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.105 230)
XYZ	xyz(48.9024, 57.7412, 101.4776)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D3FD #FDA379

analogous

#79FDE5 #79D3FD #7991FD

triadic

#79D3FD #FD79D3 #D3FD79

tetradic

#79D3FD #E579FD #FDA379 #91FD79

square

#79D3FD #E579FD #FDA379 #91FD79

split-complementary

#79D3FD #FD7991 #FDE579

monochromatic

#04AAF8 #3DBFFC #79D3FD #B5E7FE #E1F5FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#79D3FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#79D3FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D3FD

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D3FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D3FD	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20DFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d3fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 211, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.105 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e0fe',
    500: '#79d3fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d3fd;
$custom-light: #a8e0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d3fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82623,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.57745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D3FD

secondary

#DA7140

accent

#4900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D3FD

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

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