#79D7FA#79D7FA

#79D7FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.102 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D7FA
RGB	rgb(121, 215, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 14%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -18.59, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 31.71, 234.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0727 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.102 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4344, 59.5637, 99.3158)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79D7FA #FA9C79

analogous

#79FADC #79D7FA #7996FA

triadic

#79D7FA #FA79D7 #D7FA79

tetradic

#79D7FA #DC79FA #FA9C79 #96FA79

square

#79D7FA #DC79FA #FA9C79 #96FA79

split-complementary

#79D7FA #FA7996 #FADC79

monochromatic

#09B1F0 #3EC5F8 #79D7FA #B4E9FC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#79D7FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#79D7FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D7FA

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D7FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D7FA	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d7fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 215, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.102 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e3fc',
    500: '#79d7fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d7fa;
$custom-light: #a8e3fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d7fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D7FA

secondary

#D76941

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D7FA

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

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