#79DCEF#79DCEF

#79DCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.097 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCEF
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(190, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -24.09, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 30.24, 217.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0824 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.097 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0523, 61.4792, 90.9263)
Luminance	0.6148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCEF #EF8C79

analogous

#79EFC7 #79DCEF #79A1EF

triadic

#79DCEF #EF79DC #DCEF79

tetradic

#79DCEF #C779EF #EF8C79 #A1EF79

square

#79DCEF #C779EF #EF8C79 #A1EF79

split-complementary

#79DCEF #EF79A1 #EFC779

monochromatic

#19B6D4 #42CEE8 #79DCEF #B0EAF6 #E4F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#79DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCEF

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCEF	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.097 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f4',
    500: '#79dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcef;
$custom-light: #a7e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84096,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCEF

secondary

#C95944

accent

#2C0BDB

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCEF

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

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