#79A0CC#79A0CC

#79A0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.078 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A0CC
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(212, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -2.01, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 26.80, 265.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0242 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.078 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3515, 33.5644, 61.9416)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A0CC #CCA579

analogous

#79C9CC #79A0CC #7B79CC

triadic

#79A0CC #CC79A0 #A0CC79

tetradic

#79A0CC #CC79C9 #CCA579 #79CC7B

square

#79A0CC #CC79C9 #CCA579 #79CC7B

split-complementary

#79A0CC #CC7B79 #C9CC79

monochromatic

#386393 #4D81BB #79A0CC #A5BFDD #D2DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#79A0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#79A0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0CC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A0CC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.078 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bcdb',
    500: '#79a0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a0cc;
$custom-light: #a3bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.807,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69384,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A0CC

secondary

#DFD1C2

accent

#772DB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0CC

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

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