#79DEFD#79DEFD

#79DEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.104 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEFD
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -21.30, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 32.20, 228.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0793 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.104 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7292, 63.3948, 102.4198)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEFD #FD9879

analogous

#79FDDA #79DEFD #799CFD

triadic

#79DEFD #FD79DE #DEFD79

tetradic

#79DEFD #DA79FD #FD9879 #9CFD79

square

#79DEFD #DA79FD #FD9879 #9CFD79

split-complementary

#79DEFD #FD799C #FDDA79

monochromatic

#04BFF8 #3DCFFC #79DEFD #B5EDFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#79DEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#79DEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEFD

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEFD	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17E8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79defd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.104 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8fe',
    500: '#79defd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79defd;
$custom-light: #a8e8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79defd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85058,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEFD

secondary

#DA6440

accent

#3600E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEFD

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

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