#79A8CD#79A8CD

#79A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.074 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8CD
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(206, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -6.17, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 24.59, 255.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0339 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.074 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9036, 36.4760, 63.0525)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8CD #CD9E79

analogous

#79CDC8 #79A8CD #797ECD

triadic

#79A8CD #CD79A8 #A8CD79

tetradic

#79A8CD #C879CD #CD9E79 #7ECD79

square

#79A8CD #C879CD #CD9E79 #7ECD79

split-complementary

#79A8CD #CD797E #CDC879

monochromatic

#376B94 #4C8BBC #79A8CD #A6C5DE #D2E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#79A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8CD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8CD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.074 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c1dc',
    500: '#79a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8cd;
$custom-light: #a3c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71181,
    "c": 0.07407,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8CD

secondary

#E0CFC2

accent

#6A2DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8CD

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