#79ABCD#79ABCD

#79ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.073 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABCD
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -7.81, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 23.84, 250.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0377 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.073 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4638, 37.5965, 63.2393)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABCD #CD9B79

analogous

#79CDC5 #79ABCD #7981CD

triadic

#79ABCD #CD79AB #ABCD79

tetradic

#79ABCD #C579CD #CD9B79 #81CD79

square

#79ABCD #C579CD #CD9B79 #81CD79

split-complementary

#79ABCD #CD7981 #CDC579

monochromatic

#376F94 #4C8FBC #79ABCD #A6C7DE #D2E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#79ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#79ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABCD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABCD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.073 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4dc',
    500: '#79abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abcd;
$custom-light: #a3c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71845,
    "c": 0.07274,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABCD

secondary

#E0CEC2

accent

#652DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABCD

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

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