#79A2BE#79A2BE

#79A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.061 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2BE
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -6.88, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 20.07, 249.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0317 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.061 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0967, 33.6217, 53.6090)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2BE #BE9579

analogous

#79BEB7 #79A2BE #797FBE

triadic

#79A2BE #BE79A2 #A2BE79

tetradic

#79A2BE #B779BE #BE9579 #7FBE79

square

#79A2BE #B779BE #BE9579 #7FBE79

split-complementary

#79A2BE #BE797F #BEB779

monochromatic

#3E647F #5285A8 #79A2BE #A2BFD2 #CBDBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#79A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#79A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2BE

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2BE	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.061 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bdd1',
    500: '#79a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2be;
$custom-light: #a2bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.348,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.06079,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2BE

secondary

#D6C7BC

accent

#6838AE

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2BE

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

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