#79DAFF#79DAFF

#79DAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.105 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAFF
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -18.73, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 32.69, 235.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0742 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.105 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9997, 61.4233, 103.7567)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAFF #FF9E79

analogous

#79FFE1 #79DAFF #7997FF

triadic

#79DAFF #FF79DA #DAFF79

tetradic

#79DAFF #E179FF #FF9E79 #97FF79

square

#79DAFF #E179FF #FF9E79 #97FF79

split-complementary

#79DAFF #FF7997 #FFE179

monochromatic

#00B8FE #3CC9FF #79DAFF #B6EBFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#79DAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAFF

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAFF	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79daff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.105 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e5ff',
    500: '#79daff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79daff;
$custom-light: #a8e5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79daff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84248,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAFF

secondary

#DD6B3F

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAFF

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

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