#79D9F8#79D9F8

#79D9F8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.100 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D9F8
RGB	rgb(121, 217, 248)
HSL	hsl(195, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -20.16, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 31.25, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0757 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.1 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6348, 60.4637, 97.8438)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D9F8 #F89879

analogous

#79F8D8 #79D9F8 #7999F8

triadic

#79D9F8 #F879D9 #D9F879

tetradic

#79D9F8 #D879F8 #F89879 #99F879

square

#79D9F8 #D879F8 #F89879 #99F879

split-complementary

#79D9F8 #F87999 #F8D879

monochromatic

#0CB4EA #3FC9F5 #79D9F8 #B3E9FB #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#79D9F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#79D9F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D9F8

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D9F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D9F8	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D4FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C6F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d9f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 217, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.100 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e4fa',
    500: '#79d9f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d9f8;
$custom-light: #a8e4fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d9f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83757,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D9F8

secondary

#D46541

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D9F8

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

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