#79DDFF#79DDFF

#79DDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.105 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DDFF
RGB	rgb(121, 221, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -20.24, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 32.58, 231.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0775 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.105 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7847, 62.9933, 104.0183)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DDFF #FF9B79

analogous

#79FFDE #79DDFF #799AFF

triadic

#79DDFF #FF79DD #DDFF79

tetradic

#79DDFF #DE79FF #FF9B79 #9AFF79

square

#79DDFF #DE79FF #FF9B79 #9AFF79

split-complementary

#79DDFF #FF799A #FFDE79

monochromatic

#00BDFE #3CCDFF #79DDFF #B6EDFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#79DDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#79DDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DDFF

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DDFF	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11E8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ddff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 221, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.105 222.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ddff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.224,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84912,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DDFF

secondary

#DD673F

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DDFF

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

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