#79D9FD#79D9FD

#79D9FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.104 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79D9FD
RGB	rgb(121, 217, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -18.77, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 32.29, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0738 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.104 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4209, 60.7781, 101.9837)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79D9FD #FD9D79

analogous

#79FDDF #79D9FD #7997FD

triadic

#79D9FD #FD79D9 #D9FD79

tetradic

#79D9FD #DF79FD #FD9D79 #97FD79

square

#79D9FD #DF79FD #FD9D79 #97FD79

split-complementary

#79D9FD #FD7997 #FDDF79

monochromatic

#04B5F8 #3DC8FC #79D9FD #B5EAFE #E1F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#79D9FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#79D9FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D9FD

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79D9FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79D9FD	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C6FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79d9fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 217, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.104 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e4fe',
    500: '#79d9fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79d9fd;
$custom-light: #a8e4fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79d9fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83949,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79D9FD

secondary

#DA6A40

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D9FD

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

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