#79D4EF#79D4EF

#79D4EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.095 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D4EF
RGB	rgb(121, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -20.09, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 29.55, 227.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0735 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.095 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0027, 57.3800, 90.2432)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D4EF #EF9479

analogous

#79EFCF #79D4EF #7999EF

triadic

#79D4EF #EF79D4 #D4EF79

tetradic

#79D4EF #CF79EF #EF9479 #99EF79

square

#79D4EF #CF79EF #EF9479 #99EF79

split-complementary

#79D4EF #EF7999 #EFCF79

monochromatic

#19A9D4 #42C2E8 #79D4EF #B0E6F6 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#79D4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D4EF

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D4EF	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.095 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e1f4',
    500: '#79d4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d4ef;
$custom-light: #a7e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82303,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D4EF

secondary

#C96244

accent

#3A0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D4EF

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

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