#79DEFE#79DEFE

#79DEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.104 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEFE
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 254)
HSL	hsl(194, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -21.02, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 32.38, 229.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0789 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.104 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8890, 63.4587, 103.2610)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEFE #FE9979

analogous

#79FEDB #79DEFE #799BFE

triadic

#79DEFE #FE79DE #DEFE79

tetradic

#79DEFE #DB79FE #FE9979 #9BFE79

square

#79DEFE #DB79FE #FE9979 #9BFE79

split-complementary

#79DEFE #FE799B #FEDB79

monochromatic

#02BFFB #3CCFFE #79DEFE #B6EDFE #E1F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#79DEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#79DEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEFE

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEFE	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79defe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.104 220.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79defe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85096,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEFE

secondary

#DC653F

accent

#3700E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEFE

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

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