#1979A0#1979A0

#1979A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.102 H 231.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1979A0
RGB	rgb(25, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(197, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, -12.39, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 30.99, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% -0.0638 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.102 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5808, 16.4178, 35.7041)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1979A0 #A04019

analogous

#19A084 #1979A0 #1936A0

triadic

#1979A0 #A01979 #79A019

tetradic

#1979A0 #8419A0 #A04019 #36A019

square

#1979A0 #8419A0 #A04019 #36A019

split-complementary

#1979A0 #A01936 #A08419

monochromatic

#082936 #11516B #1979A0 #21A1D5 #50B9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#1979A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#1979A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1979A0

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1979A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1979A0	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6578A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1979a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.102 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f9fbc',
    500: '#1979a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1979a0;
$custom-light: #6f9fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1979a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54208,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1979A0

secondary

#C6714F

accent

#6D38F0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1979A0

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

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