#79D5FD#79D5FD

#79D5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.104 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D5FD
RGB	rgb(121, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(198, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -16.73, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 32.59, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0695 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.104 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4024, 58.7411, 101.6442)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D5FD #FDA179

analogous

#79FDE3 #79D5FD #7993FD

triadic

#79D5FD #FD79D5 #D5FD79

tetradic

#79D5FD #E379FD #FDA179 #93FD79

square

#79D5FD #E379FD #FDA179 #93FD79

split-complementary

#79D5FD #FD7993 #FDE379

monochromatic

#04AEF8 #3DC2FC #79D5FD #B5E8FE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#79D5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#79D5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D5FD

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D5FD	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FE1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.104 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e2fe',
    500: '#79d5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d5fd;
$custom-light: #a8e2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83064,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D5FD

secondary

#DA6F40

accent

#4600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D5FD

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

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