#79A5CC#79A5CC

#79A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.075 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5CC
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -4.79, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 25.05, 258.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0305 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.075 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2358, 35.3329, 62.2364)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5CC #CCA079

analogous

#79CCC9 #79A5CC #797BCC

triadic

#79A5CC #CC79A5 #A5CC79

tetradic

#79A5CC #C979CC #CCA079 #7BCC79

square

#79A5CC #C979CC #CCA079 #7BCC79

split-complementary

#79A5CC #CC797B #CCC979

monochromatic

#386893 #4D87BB #79A5CC #A5C3DD #D2E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#79A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#79A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5CC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5CC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.075 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bfdb',
    500: '#79a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5cc;
$custom-light: #a3bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.193,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.07459,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5CC

secondary

#DFD0C2

accent

#6F2DB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5CC

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

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