#79AABE#79AABE

#79AABE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.060 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AABE
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -11.23, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 19.08, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.042 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.06 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5510, 36.5303, 54.0938)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AABE #BE8D79

analogous

#79BEAF #79AABE #7987BE

triadic

#79AABE #BE79AA #AABE79

tetradic

#79AABE #AF79BE #BE8D79 #87BE79

square

#79AABE #AF79BE #BE8D79 #87BE79

split-complementary

#79AABE #BE7987 #BEAF79

monochromatic

#3E6C7F #528FA8 #79AABE #A2C4D2 #CBDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#79AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AABE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AABE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.060 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3d1',
    500: '#79aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aabe;
$custom-light: #a2c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.05963,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AABE

secondary

#D6C4BC

accent

#5A38AE

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AABE

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

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