#79D5EF#79D5EF

#79D5EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.095 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5EF
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -20.60, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 29.59, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0746 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.095 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2535, 57.8815, 90.3267)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5EF #EF9379

analogous

#79EFCE #79D5EF #799AEF

triadic

#79D5EF #EF79D5 #D5EF79

tetradic

#79D5EF #CE79EF #EF9379 #9AEF79

square

#79D5EF #CE79EF #EF9379 #9AEF79

split-complementary

#79D5EF #EF799A #EFCE79

monochromatic

#19ABD4 #42C4E8 #79D5EF #B0E6F6 #E4F6FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#79D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#79D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5EF

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5EF	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.095 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e2f4',
    500: '#79d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5ef;
$custom-light: #a7e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82527,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5EF

secondary

#C96144

accent

#380BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5EF

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

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