#79A5CD#79A5CD

#79A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.076 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5CD
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -4.52, -25.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 25.49, 259.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0301 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.076 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3561, 35.3811, 62.8701)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5CD #CDA179

analogous

#79CDCB #79A5CD #797BCD

triadic

#79A5CD #CD79A5 #A5CD79

tetradic

#79A5CD #CB79CD #CDA179 #7BCD79

square

#79A5CD #CB79CD #CDA179 #7BCD79

split-complementary

#79A5CD #CD797B #CDCB79

monochromatic

#376894 #4C87BC #79A5CD #A6C3DE #D2E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#79A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#79A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5CD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5CD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.076 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bfdc',
    500: '#79a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5cd;
$custom-light: #a3bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5CD

secondary

#E0D0C2

accent

#6F2DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5CD

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

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