#79DAFE#79DAFE

#79DAFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.104 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAFE
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 254)
HSL	hsl(196, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -19.00, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 32.47, 234.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0746 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.104 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8392, 61.3591, 102.9111)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAFE #FE9D79

analogous

#79FEE0 #79DAFE #7997FE

triadic

#79DAFE #FE79DA #DAFE79

tetradic

#79DAFE #E079FE #FE9D79 #97FE79

square

#79DAFE #E079FE #FE9D79 #97FE79

split-complementary

#79DAFE #FE7997 #FEE079

monochromatic

#02B7FB #3CC9FE #79DAFE #B6EBFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#79DAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAFE

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAFE	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.104 224.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84209,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAFE

secondary

#DC6A3F

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAFE

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

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