#79D9EF#79D9EF

#79D9EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.096 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D9EF
RGB	rgb(121, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -22.60, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 29.88, 220.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.079 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.096 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2720, 59.9186, 90.6662)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D9EF #EF8F79

analogous

#79EFCA #79D9EF #799EEF

triadic

#79D9EF #EF79D9 #D9EF79

tetradic

#79D9EF #CA79EF #EF8F79 #9EEF79

square

#79D9EF #CA79EF #EF8F79 #9EEF79

split-complementary

#79D9EF #EF799E #EFCA79

monochromatic

#19B1D4 #42C9E8 #79D9EF #B0E9F6 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#79D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#79D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D9EF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D9EF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.096 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e5f4',
    500: '#79d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d9ef;
$custom-light: #a7e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83423,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D9EF

secondary

#C95C44

accent

#310BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D9EF

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

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