#79D5EE#79D5EE

#79D5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.094 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5EE
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -20.87, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 29.44, 224.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.075 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.094 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1062, 57.8226, 89.5508)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5EE #EE9279

analogous

#79EECD #79D5EE #799AEE

triadic

#79D5EE #EE79D5 #D5EE79

tetradic

#79D5EE #CD79EE #EE9279 #9AEE79

square

#79D5EE #CD79EE #EE9279 #9AEE79

split-complementary

#79D5EE #EE799A #EECD79

monochromatic

#1BABD2 #43C4E7 #79D5EE #AFE6F5 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#79D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#79D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5EE

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5EE	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.094 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e2f3',
    500: '#79d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5ee;
$custom-light: #a7e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5EE

secondary

#C76044

accent

#380CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5EE

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

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