#79DCF8#79DCF8

#79DCF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.101 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCF8
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 248)
HSL	hsl(193, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -21.67, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 31.31, 226.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.079 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.101 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4151, 62.0243, 98.1039)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCF8 #F89579

analogous

#79F8D4 #79DCF8 #799DF8

triadic

#79DCF8 #F879DC #DCF879

tetradic

#79DCF8 #D479F8 #F89579 #9DF879

square

#79DCF8 #D479F8 #F89579 #9DF879

split-complementary

#79DCF8 #F8799D #F8D479

monochromatic

#0CB9EA #3FCDF5 #79DCF8 #B3EBFB #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#79DCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#79DCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCF8

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCF8	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C8F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24E6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.101 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7fa',
    500: '#79dcf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcf8;
$custom-light: #a8e7fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84425,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCF8

secondary

#D46241

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCF8

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

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