#79DCF4#79DCF4

#79DCF4 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.099 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCF4
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 244)
HSL	hsl(192, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -22.75, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 30.75, 222.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0805 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.099 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8012, 61.7787, 94.8705)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCF4 #F49179

analogous

#79F4CF #79DCF4 #799FF4

triadic

#79DCF4 #F479DC #DCF479

tetradic

#79DCF4 #CF79F4 #F49179 #9FF479

square

#79DCF4 #CF79F4 #F49179 #9FF479

split-complementary

#79DCF4 #F4799F #F4CF79

monochromatic

#12B8E0 #40CDEF #79DCF4 #B2EBF9 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#79DCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#79DCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCF4

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCF4	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AE5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.099 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7f7',
    500: '#79dcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcf4;
$custom-light: #a8e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84277,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCF4

secondary

#CF5E42

accent

#2F04E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCF4

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

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