#79DAEE#79DAEE

#79DAEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.096 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAEE
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -23.37, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 29.89, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0805 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.096 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3832, 60.3767, 89.9765)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAEE #EE8D79

analogous

#79EEC7 #79DAEE #79A0EE

triadic

#79DAEE #EE79DA #DAEE79

tetradic

#79DAEE #C779EE #EE8D79 #A0EE79

square

#79DAEE #C779EE #EE8D79 #A0EE79

split-complementary

#79DAEE #EE79A0 #EEC779

monochromatic

#1BB3D2 #43CBE7 #79DAEE #AFE9F5 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#79DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#79DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAEE

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAEE	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33E2E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.096 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e5f3',
    500: '#79daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79daee;
$custom-light: #a7e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83611,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAEE

secondary

#C75A44

accent

#2F0CDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAEE

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

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