#79D5FA#79D5FA

#79D5FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.102 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5FA
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 250)
HSL	hsl(197, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -17.57, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 31.83, 236.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0705 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.102 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9282, 58.5514, 99.1471)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5FA #FA9E79

analogous

#79FADE #79D5FA #7995FA

triadic

#79D5FA #FA79D5 #D5FA79

tetradic

#79D5FA #DE79FA #FA9E79 #95FA79

square

#79D5FA #DE79FA #FA9E79 #95FA79

split-complementary

#79D5FA #FA7995 #FADE79

monochromatic

#09ADF0 #3EC3F8 #79D5FA #B4E7FC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#79D5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#79D5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5FA

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5FA	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.102 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e2fc',
    500: '#79d5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5fa;
$custom-light: #a8e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82946,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5FA

secondary

#D76C41

accent

#4200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5FA

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

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