#79ABCC#79ABCC

#79ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.072 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABCC
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -8.08, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 23.46, 249.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.038 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.072 238)
XYZ	xyz(33.3435, 37.5483, 62.6056)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABCC #CC9A79

analogous

#79CCC3 #79ABCC #7981CC

triadic

#79ABCC #CC79AB #ABCC79

tetradic

#79ABCC #C379CC #CC9A79 #81CC79

square

#79ABCC #C379CC #CC9A79 #81CC79

split-complementary

#79ABCC #CC7981 #CCC379

monochromatic

#386F93 #4D8FBB #79ABCC #A5C7DD #D2E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#79ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#79ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABCC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABCC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.072 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4db',
    500: '#79abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abcc;
$custom-light: #a3c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.855,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABCC

secondary

#DFCDC2

accent

#652DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABCC

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

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