#79DEF5#79DEF5

#79DEF5 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.100 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEF5
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 245)
HSL	hsl(191, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -23.48, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 31.05, 220.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0823 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.1 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4815, 62.8957, 95.8483)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEF5 #F59079

analogous

#79F5CE #79DEF5 #79A0F5

triadic

#79DEF5 #F579DE #DEF579

tetradic

#79DEF5 #CE79F5 #F59079 #A0F579

square

#79DEF5 #CE79F5 #F59079 #A0F579

split-complementary

#79DEF5 #F579A0 #F5CE79

monochromatic

#11BCE3 #40D0F1 #79DEF5 #B2ECF9 #E3F8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#79DEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#79DEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEF5

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEF5	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD8F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACAF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28E7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79def5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.100 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8f8',
    500: '#79def5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79def5;
$custom-light: #a8e8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79def5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.129,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84762,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEF5

secondary

#D05C42

accent

#2C03E3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEF5

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

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