#79DAEF#79DAEF

#79DAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.096 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAEF
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -23.10, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 29.99, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0802 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.096 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5306, 60.4356, 90.7524)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAEF #EF8E79

analogous

#79EFC9 #79DAEF #799FEF

triadic

#79DAEF #EF79DA #DAEF79

tetradic

#79DAEF #C979EF #EF8E79 #9FEF79

square

#79DAEF #C979EF #EF8E79 #9FEF79

split-complementary

#79DAEF #EF799F #EFC979

monochromatic

#19B3D4 #42CBE8 #79DAEF #B0E9F6 #E4F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#79DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#79DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAEF

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAEF	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)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.096 213.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83647,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAEF

secondary

#C95B44

accent

#300BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAEF

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

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