#79E5FD#79E5FD

#79E5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.105 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79E5FD
RGB	rgb(121, 229, 253)
HSL	hsl(191, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -24.77, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 32.60, 220.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0868 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.105 214)
XYZ	xyz(53.6272, 67.1906, 103.0525)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79E5FD #FD9179

analogous

#79FDD3 #79E5FD #79A3FD

triadic

#79E5FD #FD79E5 #E5FD79

tetradic

#79E5FD #D379FD #FD9179 #A3FD79

square

#79E5FD #D379FD #FD9179 #A3FD79

split-complementary

#79E5FD #FD79A3 #FDD379

monochromatic

#04CBF8 #3DD9FC #79E5FD #B5F1FE #E1F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#79E5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#79E5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79E5FD

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79E5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79E5FD	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DFFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EEFEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79e5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 229, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.105 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9edfe',
    500: '#79e5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79e5fd;
$custom-light: #a9edfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79e5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86618,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.67195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79E5FD

secondary

#DA5C40

accent

#2A00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F7FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #79E5FD

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

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