#79ABC2#79ABC2

#79ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.063 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABC2
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -10.73, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 20.12, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0417 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.063 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1824, 37.0839, 56.4906)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABC2 #C29079

analogous

#79C2B5 #79ABC2 #7987C2

triadic

#79ABC2 #C279AB #ABC279

tetradic

#79ABC2 #B579C2 #C29079 #87C279

square

#79ABC2 #B579C2 #C29079 #87C279

split-complementary

#79ABC2 #C27987 #C2B579

monochromatic

#3C6E84 #4F90AE #79ABC2 #A3C5D5 #CDE0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#79ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#79ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABC2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABC2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.063 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4d4',
    500: '#79abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abc2;
$custom-light: #a2c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABC2

secondary

#D9C6BE

accent

#5C35B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABC2

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

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