#79DCFF#79DCFF

#79DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.105 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DCFF
RGB	rgb(121, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -19.74, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 32.61, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0764 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.105 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5215, 62.4668, 103.9306)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DCFF #FF9C79

analogous

#79FFDF #79DCFF #7999FF

triadic

#79DCFF #FF79DC #DCFF79

tetradic

#79DCFF #DF79FF #FF9C79 #99FF79

square

#79DCFF #DF79FF #FF9C79 #99FF79

split-complementary

#79DCFF #FF7999 #FFDF79

monochromatic

#00BBFE #3CCCFF #79DCFF #B6ECFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#79DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#79DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DCFF

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DCFF	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C9FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.105 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7ff',
    500: '#79dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dcff;
$custom-light: #a8e7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8469,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DCFF

secondary

#DD683F

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DCFF

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

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