#79D8FA#79D8FA

#79D8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.102 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D8FA
RGB	rgb(121, 216, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -19.10, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 31.67, 232.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0738 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.102 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6898, 60.0745, 99.4009)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D8FA #FA9B79

analogous

#79FADC #79D8FA #7997FA

triadic

#79D8FA #FA79D8 #D8FA79

tetradic

#79D8FA #DC79FA #FA9B79 #97FA79

square

#79D8FA #DC79FA #FA9B79 #97FA79

split-complementary

#79D8FA #FA7997 #FADC79

monochromatic

#09B3F0 #3EC7F8 #79D8FA #B4E9FC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#79D8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#79D8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D8FA

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D8FA	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D4FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C5FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 216, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.102 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e4fc',
    500: '#79d8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d8fa;
$custom-light: #a8e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83611,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D8FA

secondary

#D76841

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D8FA

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

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