#79D5EA#79D5EA

#79D5EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.092 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5EA
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -21.94, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 28.91, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0765 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.092 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5250, 57.5901, 86.4902)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5EA #EA8E79

analogous

#79EAC6 #79D5EA #799DEA

triadic

#79D5EA #EA79D5 #D5EA79

tetradic

#79D5EA #C679EA #EA8E79 #9DEA79

square

#79D5EA #C679EA #EA8E79 #9DEA79

split-complementary

#79D5EA #EA799D #EAC679

monochromatic

#20AAC9 #44C4E2 #79D5EA #AEE6F2 #E3F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#79D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#79D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5EA

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5EA	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ADDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.092 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6e2f0',
    500: '#79d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5ea;
$custom-light: #a6e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82343,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5EA

secondary

#C35C45

accent

#3511D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5EA

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

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