#79D4EB#79D4EB

#79D4EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.093 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4EB
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -21.17, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 28.94, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.075 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.093 216)
XYZ	xyz(46.4183, 57.1462, 87.1654)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4EB #EB9079

analogous

#79EBC9 #79D4EB #799BEB

triadic

#79D4EB #EB79D4 #D4EB79

tetradic

#79D4EB #C979EB #EB9079 #9BEB79

square

#79D4EB #C979EB #EB9079 #9BEB79

split-complementary

#79D4EB #EB799B #EBC979

monochromatic

#1EA8CB #44C3E3 #79D4EB #AEE5F3 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#79D4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#79D4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4EB

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4EB	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.093 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e1f1',
    500: '#79d4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4eb;
$custom-light: #a6e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82155,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.5715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4EB

secondary

#C45E44

accent

#370FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4EB

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

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