#79AABC#79AABC

#79AABC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.058 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AABC
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -11.74, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 18.59, 230.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0428 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.058 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3340, 36.4435, 52.9504)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AABC #BC8B79

analogous

#79BCAC #79AABC #7988BC

triadic

#79AABC #BC79AA #AABC79

tetradic

#79AABC #AC79BC #BC8B79 #88BC79

square

#79AABC #AC79BC #BC8B79 #88BC79

split-complementary

#79AABC #BC7988 #BCAC79

monochromatic

#3E6C7C #538FA5 #79AABC #A2C4D0 #CBDEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#79AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AABC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AABC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.058 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3d0',
    500: '#79aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aabc;
$custom-light: #a2c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70967,
    "c": 0.05823,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AABC

secondary

#D5C3BC

accent

#5839AC

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AABC

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

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