#79D5FC#79D5FC

#79D5FC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.103 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5FC
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 252)
HSL	hsl(198, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 15.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -17.01, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 32.33, 238.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0698 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.103 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2435, 58.6775, 100.8075)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5FC #FCA079

analogous

#79FCE2 #79D5FC #7993FC

triadic

#79D5FC #FC79D5 #D5FC79

tetradic

#79D5FC #E279FC #FCA079 #93FC79

square

#79D5FC #E279FC #FCA079 #93FC79

split-complementary

#79D5FC #FC7993 #FCE279

monochromatic

#05AEF5 #3DC2FB #79D5FC #B5E8FD #E1F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#79D5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#79D5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5FC

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5FC	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D2FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC3FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21E0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.103 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e2fd',
    500: '#79d5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5fc;
$custom-light: #a8e2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5FC

secondary

#D96E40

accent

#4400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5FC

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

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