#79A0BA#79A0BA

#79A0BA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.057 H 237.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A0BA
RGBrgb(121, 160, 186)
HSLhsl(204, 32%, 60%)
HSVhsv(204, 35%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(34.9%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.96, -6.82, -17.69)
CIE-LCHlch(63.96, 18.96, 248.91°)
OKLaboklab(68.65% -0.0305 -0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(68.65% 0.057 237.9)
XYZxyz(29.3161, 32.7502, 51.2216)
Luminance0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A0BA #BA9379
analogous
#79BAB4 #79A0BA #797FBA
triadic
#79A0BA #BA79A0 #A0BA79
tetradic
#79A0BA #B479BA #BA9379 #7FBA79
square
#79A0BA #B479BA #BA9379 #7FBA79
split-complementary
#79A0BA #BA797F #BAB479
monochromatic
#3F627A #5483A2 #79A0BA #A1BDCF #CAD9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78
#79A0BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55
#79A0BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0BA
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A0BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A0BA1.002.787.557.55
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5521.001.001.00
##0000007.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#959FBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C98BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#63A7A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.057 237.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bcce',
    500: '#79a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a0ba;
$custom-light: #a2bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.0574,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A0BA
secondary
#D4C5BB
accent
#683BAB
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F4F6F9
border
#CED0D2
text
#0F1213
muted
#7F8182

Preview Lab

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#79A0BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva