#79DEFF#79DEFF

#79DEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.105 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DEFF
RGB	rgb(121, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -20.75, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 32.57, 230.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0785 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.105 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0495, 63.5229, 104.1066)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DEFF #FF9A79

analogous

#79FFDD #79DEFF #799BFF

triadic

#79DEFF #FF79DE #DEFF79

tetradic

#79DEFF #DD79FF #FF9A79 #9BFF79

square

#79DEFF #DD79FF #FF9A79 #9BFF79

split-complementary

#79DEFF #FF799B #FFDD79

monochromatic

#00BFFE #3CCFFF #79DEFF #B6EDFF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#79DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#79DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DEFF

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DEFF	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CAFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10E9E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.105 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e8ff',
    500: '#79deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79deff;
$custom-light: #a8e8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.776,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85134,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DEFF

secondary

#DD663F

accent

#3900E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DEFF

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

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