#79DCF5#79DCF5

#79DCF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.099 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCF5
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 245)
HSL	hsl(192, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -22.48, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 30.88, 223.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0801 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.099 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9534, 61.8396, 95.6723)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCF5 #F59279

analogous

#79F5D0 #79DCF5 #799EF5

triadic

#79DCF5 #F579DC #DCF579

tetradic

#79DCF5 #D079F5 #F59279 #9EF579

square

#79DCF5 #D079F5 #F59279 #9EF579

split-complementary

#79DCF5 #F5799E #F5D079

monochromatic

#11B8E3 #40CDF1 #79DCF5 #B2EBF9 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#79DCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#79DCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCF5

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCF5	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.099 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7f8',
    500: '#79dcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcf5;
$custom-light: #a8e7f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.097,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84314,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCF5

secondary

#D05F42

accent

#3003E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCF5

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

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