#79D7EA#79D7EA

#79D7EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.093 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D7EA
RGB	rgb(121, 215, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -22.94, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 29.15, 218.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0787 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.093 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0312, 58.6024, 86.6589)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D7EA #EA8C79

analogous

#79EAC4 #79D7EA #799FEA

triadic

#79D7EA #EA79D7 #D7EA79

tetradic

#79D7EA #C479EA #EA8C79 #9FEA79

square

#79D7EA #C479EA #EA8C79 #9FEA79

split-complementary

#79D7EA #EA799F #EAC479

monochromatic

#20ADC9 #44C7E2 #79D7EA #AEE7F2 #E3F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#79D7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#79D7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D7EA

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D7EA	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 215, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.093 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e3f0',
    500: '#79d7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d7ea;
$custom-light: #a7e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82793,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D7EA

secondary

#C35A45

accent

#3211D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D7EA

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

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