#79DAF9#79DAF9

#79DAF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.101 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAF9
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 249)
HSL	hsl(195, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -20.39, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 31.44, 229.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0764 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.101 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0489, 61.0430, 98.7492)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAF9 #F99879

analogous

#79F9D8 #79DAF9 #799AF9

triadic

#79DAF9 #F979DA #DAF979

tetradic

#79DAF9 #D879F9 #F99879 #9AF979

square

#79DAF9 #D879F9 #F99879 #9AF979

split-complementary

#79DAF9 #F9799A #F9D879

monochromatic

#0BB6ED #3ECAF6 #79DAF9 #B4EAFC #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#79DAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#79DAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAF9

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAF9	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C7F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79daf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.101 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5fb',
    500: '#79daf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79daf9;
$custom-light: #a8e5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79daf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84017,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAF9

secondary

#D56541

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAF9

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

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