#79ABC6#79ABC6

#79ABC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.066 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABC6
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -9.68, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 21.35, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0402 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.066 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6377, 37.2660, 58.8884)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABC6 #C69479

analogous

#79C6BA #79ABC6 #7984C6

triadic

#79ABC6 #C679AB #ABC679

tetradic

#79ABC6 #BA79C6 #C69479 #84C679

square

#79ABC6 #BA79C6 #C69479 #84C679

split-complementary

#79ABC6 #C67984 #C6BA79

monochromatic

#3B6E8A #4E90B4 #79ABC6 #A4C6D8 #CFE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#79ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#79ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABC6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABC6	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.066 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4d7',
    500: '#79abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abc6;
$custom-light: #a2c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABC6

secondary

#DBC9BF

accent

#5F32B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABC6

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

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