#79A3BB#79A3BB

#79A3BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.058 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A3BB
RGBrgb(121, 163, 187)
HSLhsl(202, 33%, 60%)
HSVhsv(202, 35%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(35.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.84, -8.21, -16.91)
CIE-LCHlch(64.84, 18.80, 244.11°)
OKLaboklab(69.36% -0.0341 -0.0464)
OKLCHoklch(69.36% 0.058 233.7)
XYZxyz(29.9491, 33.8456, 51.9589)
Luminance0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A3BB #BB9179
analogous
#79BBB2 #79A3BB #7982BB
triadic
#79A3BB #BB79A3 #A3BB79
tetradic
#79A3BB #B279BB #BB9179 #82BB79
square
#79A3BB #B279BB #BB9179 #82BB79
split-complementary
#79A3BB #BB7982 #BBB279
monochromatic
#3E657B #5386A4 #79A3BB #A2BFD0 #CADBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#79A3BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77
#79A3BB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A3BB
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A3BB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A3BB1.002.707.777.77
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7721.001.001.00
##0000007.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98A2BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E9ABB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#62A9AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.058 233.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2becf',
    500: '#79a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a3bb;
$custom-light: #a2becf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.05761,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A3BB
secondary
#D5C4BB
accent
#633AAB
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F4F6F9
border
#CED0D2
text
#0F1213
muted
#7F8182

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#79A3BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva