#79D4E9#79D4E9

#79D4E9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.092 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4E9
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -21.71, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 28.70, 220.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0758 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.092 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1310, 57.0313, 85.6522)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4E9 #E98E79

analogous

#79E9C6 #79D4E9 #799CE9

triadic

#79D4E9 #E979D4 #D4E979

tetradic

#79D4E9 #C679E9 #E98E79 #9CE979

square

#79D4E9 #C679E9 #E98E79 #9CE979

split-complementary

#79D4E9 #E9799C #E9C679

monochromatic

#21A8C7 #44C3E0 #79D4E9 #AEE5F2 #E2F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#79D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#79D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4E9

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4E9	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BDCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.092 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1f0',
    500: '#79d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4e9;
$custom-light: #a6e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82082,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4E9

secondary

#C15C45

accent

#3612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4E9

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

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