#79DAF8#79DAF8

#79DAF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.101 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAF8
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 248)
HSL	hsl(194, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -20.66, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 31.26, 228.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0768 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.101 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8934, 60.9808, 97.9299)
Luminance	0.6099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAF8 #F89779

analogous

#79F8D6 #79DAF8 #799BF8

triadic

#79DAF8 #F879DA #DAF879

tetradic

#79DAF8 #D679F8 #F89779 #9BF879

square

#79DAF8 #D679F8 #F89779 #9BF879

split-complementary

#79DAF8 #F8799B #F8D679

monochromatic

#0CB6EA #3FCAF5 #79DAF8 #B3EAFB #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#79DAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#79DAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAF8

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAF8	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D5FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25E4E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79daf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.101 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5fa',
    500: '#79daf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79daf8;
$custom-light: #a8e5fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79daf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83979,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAF8

secondary

#D46441

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAF8

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

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