#79D4E8#79D4E8

#79D4E8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.091 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4E8
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -21.97, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 28.58, 219.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0761 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.091 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9886, 56.9743, 84.9020)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4E8 #E88D79

analogous

#79E8C5 #79D4E8 #799DE8

triadic

#79D4E8 #E879D4 #D4E879

tetradic

#79D4E8 #C579E8 #E88D79 #9DE879

square

#79D4E8 #C579E8 #E88D79 #9DE879

split-complementary

#79D4E8 #E8799D #E8C579

monochromatic

#22A7C5 #45C3DF #79D4E8 #ADE5F1 #E1F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#79D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#79D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4E8

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4E8	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CDCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.091 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1ef',
    500: '#79d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4e8;
$custom-light: #a6e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82045,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4E8

secondary

#C05B45

accent

#3513D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4E8

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

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