#79ABC0#79ABC0

#79ABC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.061 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABC0
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -11.25, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 19.57, 234.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0425 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.061 226)
XYZ	xyz(31.9593, 36.9947, 55.3156)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABC0 #C08E79

analogous

#79C0B2 #79ABC0 #7988C0

triadic

#79ABC0 #C079AB #ABC079

tetradic

#79ABC0 #B279C0 #C08E79 #88C079

square

#79ABC0 #B279C0 #C08E79 #88C079

split-complementary

#79ABC0 #C07988 #C0B279

monochromatic

#3D6D82 #5190AB #79ABC0 #A3C5D4 #CCDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#79ABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#79ABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABC0

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABC0	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.061 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4d3',
    500: '#79abc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abc0;
$custom-light: #a2c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.06115,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.36997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABC0

secondary

#D8C5BD

accent

#5A37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABC0

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

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