#79D7EF#79D7EF

#79D7EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.095 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79D7EF
RGBrgb(121, 215, 239)
HSLhsl(192, 79%, 71%)
HSVhsv(192, 49%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(49.4%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.23, -21.60, -20.40)
CIE-LCHlch(81.23, 29.71, 223.36°)
OKLaboklab(82.97% -0.0768 -0.0564)
OKLCHoklch(82.97% 0.095 216.3)
XYZxyz(47.7596, 58.8938, 90.4955)
Luminance0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79D7EF #EF9179
analogous
#79EFCC #79D7EF #799CEF
triadic
#79D7EF #EF79D7 #D7EF79
tetradic
#79D7EF #CC79EF #EF9179 #9CEF79
square
#79D7EF #CC79EF #EF9179 #9CEF79
split-complementary
#79D7EF #EF799C #EFCC79
monochromatic
#19AED4 #42C7E8 #79D7EF #B0E7F6 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#79D7EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78
#79D7EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D7EF
12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79D7EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79D7EF1.001.6412.7812.78
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7821.001.001.00
##00000012.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6D2F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4C4EF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33E0DE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.095 216.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e3f4',
    500: '#79d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79d7ef;
$custom-light: #a7e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.203,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82974,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79D7EF
secondary
#C95F44
accent
#350BDB
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F7FCFE
border
#D0D5D6
text
#101517
muted
#818485

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#79D7EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva