#79DAFD#79DAFD

#79DAFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.104 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAFD
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -19.28, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 32.25, 233.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0749 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.104 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6794, 61.2952, 102.0699)
Luminance	0.6130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAFD #FD9C79

analogous

#79FDDE #79DAFD #7998FD

triadic

#79DAFD #FD79DA #DAFD79

tetradic

#79DAFD #DE79FD #FD9C79 #98FD79

square

#79DAFD #DE79FD #FD9C79 #98FD79

split-complementary

#79DAFD #FD7998 #FDDE79

monochromatic

#04B7F8 #3DC9FC #79DAFD #B5EBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DAFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#79DAFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAFD

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAFD	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BE5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dafd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.104 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5fe',
    500: '#79dafd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dafd;
$custom-light: #a8e5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dafd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8417,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAFD

secondary

#DA6940

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAFD

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

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