#79D8EE#79D8EE

#79D8EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.095 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8EE
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -22.37, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 29.67, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0783 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.095 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8677, 59.3457, 89.8047)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8EE #EE8F79

analogous

#79EEC9 #79D8EE #799DEE

triadic

#79D8EE #EE79D8 #D8EE79

tetradic

#79D8EE #C979EE #EE8F79 #9DEE79

square

#79D8EE #C979EE #EE8F79 #9DEE79

split-complementary

#79D8EE #EE799D #EEC979

monochromatic

#1BAFD2 #43C8E7 #79D8EE #AFE8F5 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#79D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#79D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8EE

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8EE	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.095 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e4f3',
    500: '#79d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8ee;
$custom-light: #a7e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8EE

secondary

#C75D44

accent

#330CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8EE

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

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