#79DAFA#79DAFA

#79DAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.102 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAFA
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 250)
HSL	hsl(195, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -20.11, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 31.63, 230.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.076 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.102 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2053, 61.1055, 99.5728)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAFA #FA9979

analogous

#79FADA #79DAFA #7999FA

triadic

#79DAFA #FA79DA #DAFA79

tetradic

#79DAFA #DA79FA #FA9979 #99FA79

square

#79DAFA #DA79FA #FA9979 #99FA79

split-complementary

#79DAFA #FA7999 #FADA79

monochromatic

#09B6F0 #3ECAF8 #79DAFA #B4EAFC #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#79DAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#79DAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAFA

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAFA	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C7FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21E4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.102 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5fc',
    500: '#79dafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dafa;
$custom-light: #a8e5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84055,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAFA

secondary

#D76641

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAFA

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

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