#79A8BE#79A8BE

#79A8BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.060 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8BE
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -10.15, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 19.19, 238.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0394 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.06 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1790, 35.7862, 53.9697)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8BE #BE8F79

analogous

#79BEB1 #79A8BE #7985BE

triadic

#79A8BE #BE79A8 #A8BE79

tetradic

#79A8BE #B179BE #BE8F79 #85BE79

square

#79A8BE #B179BE #BE8F79 #85BE79

split-complementary

#79A8BE #BE7985 #BEB179

monochromatic

#3E6A7F #528DA8 #79A8BE #A2C3D2 #CBDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#79A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#79A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8BE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8BE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.060 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c1d1',
    500: '#79a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8be;
$custom-light: #a2c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.05961,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8BE

secondary

#D6C5BC

accent

#5D38AE

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8BE

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

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