#79ABC8#79ABC8

#79ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.068 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABC8
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -9.15, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 22.02, 245.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0395 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.068 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8699, 37.3589, 60.1114)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABC8 #C89679

analogous

#79C8BD #79ABC8 #7983C8

triadic

#79ABC8 #C879AB #ABC879

tetradic

#79ABC8 #BD79C8 #C89679 #83C879

square

#79ABC8 #BD79C8 #C89679 #83C879

split-complementary

#79ABC8 #C87983 #C8BD79

monochromatic

#3A6E8D #4E90B6 #79ABC8 #A4C6DA #D0E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#79ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#79ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABC8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABC8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.068 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4d8',
    500: '#79abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abc8;
$custom-light: #a3c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.025,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.06787,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABC8

secondary

#DDCBC0

accent

#6131B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABC8

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

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