#79A9CC#79A9CC

#79A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.073 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A9CC
RGB	rgb(121, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -6.99, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 23.92, 253.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0355 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.073 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9686, 36.7985, 62.4806)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A9CC #CC9C79

analogous

#79CCC5 #79A9CC #797FCC

triadic

#79A9CC #CC79A9 #A9CC79

tetradic

#79A9CC #C579CC #CC9C79 #7FCC79

square

#79A9CC #C579CC #CC9C79 #7FCC79

split-complementary

#79A9CC #CC797F #CCC579

monochromatic

#386C93 #4D8DBB #79A9CC #A5C5DD #D2E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#79A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#79A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A9CC

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A9CC	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.073 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c2db',
    500: '#79a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a9cc;
$custom-light: #a3c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.301,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71362,
    "c": 0.07253,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A9CC

secondary

#DFCEC2

accent

#682DB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A9CC

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

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