#79DDFD#79DDFD

#79DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.104 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DDFD
RGB	rgb(121, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -20.80, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 32.19, 229.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0782 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.104 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4644, 62.8652, 102.3316)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DDFD #FD9979

analogous

#79FDDB #79DDFD #799BFD

triadic

#79DDFD #FD79DD #DDFD79

tetradic

#79DDFD #DB79FD #FD9979 #9BFD79

square

#79DDFD #DB79FD #FD9979 #9BFD79

split-complementary

#79DDFD #FD799B #FDDB79

monochromatic

#04BDF8 #3DCEFC #79DDFD #B5ECFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#79DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#79DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DDFD

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DDFD	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.104 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e7fe',
    500: '#79ddfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ddfd;
$custom-light: #a8e7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DDFD

secondary

#DA6540

accent

#3800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DDFD

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

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