#79DCF0#79DCF0

#79DCF0 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.097 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCF0
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 240)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -23.83, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 30.32, 218.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.082 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.097 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2005, 61.5384, 91.7065)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCF0 #F08D79

analogous

#79F0C8 #79DCF0 #79A0F0

triadic

#79DCF0 #F079DC #DCF079

tetradic

#79DCF0 #C879F0 #F08D79 #A0F079

square

#79DCF0 #C879F0 #F08D79 #A0F079

split-complementary

#79DCF0 #F079A0 #F0C879

monochromatic

#18B7D7 #42CEEA #79DCF0 #B0EAF6 #E3F8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#79DCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#79DCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCF0

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCF0	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.097 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7f5',
    500: '#79dcf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcf0;
$custom-light: #a7e7f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84132,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCF0

secondary

#CA5A43

accent

#2D09DC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCF0

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

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