#79DEFB#79DEFB

#79DEFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.103 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEFB
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 251)
HSL	hsl(193, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -21.85, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 31.86, 226.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.08 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.103 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4123, 63.2680, 100.7507)
Luminance	0.6327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEFB #FB9679

analogous

#79FBD7 #79DEFB #799DFB

triadic

#79DEFB #FB79DE #DEFB79

tetradic

#79DEFB #D779FB #FB9679 #9DFB79

square

#79DEFB #D779FB #FB9679 #9DFB79

split-complementary

#79DEFB #FB799D #FBD779

monochromatic

#07BEF2 #3ECFF9 #79DEFB #B4EDFD #E1F8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#79DEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#79DEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEFB

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEFB	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8CAFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CE8E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79defb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.103 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8fc',
    500: '#79defb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79defb;
$custom-light: #a8e8fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79defb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84983,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEFB

secondary

#D86240

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEFB

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

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