#79ABB5#79ABB5

#79ABB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.055 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79ABB5
RGBrgb(121, 171, 181)
HSLhsl(190, 29%, 59%)
HSVhsv(190, 33%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(33.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.92, -14.03, -10.44)
CIE-LCHlch(66.92, 17.49, 216.65°)
OKLaboklab(70.94% -0.0468 -0.0286)
OKLCHoklch(70.94% 0.055 211.4)
XYZxyz(30.7858, 36.5253, 49.1350)
Luminance0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79ABB5 #B58379
analogous
#79B5A1 #79ABB5 #798DB5
triadic
#79ABB5 #B579AB #ABB579
tetradic
#79ABB5 #A179B5 #B58379 #8DB579
square
#79ABB5 #A179B5 #B58379 #8DB579
split-complementary
#79ABB5 #B5798D #B5A179
monochromatic
#406B74 #56909B #79ABB5 #A0C4CB #C8DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#79ABB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31
#79ABB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABB5
8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79ABB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79ABB51.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2A7B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A0B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#64B0AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.055 211.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4cb',
    500: '#79abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79abb5;
$custom-light: #a2c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.05483,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79ABB5
secondary
#D1BDB9
accent
#7363C5
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F8
border
#CED1D1
text
#0F1213
muted
#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABB5

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#79ABB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva