#79ABD4#79ABD4

#79ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.080 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABD4
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(207, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -5.90, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 26.65, 257.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0352 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.08 244)
XYZ	xyz(34.3277, 37.9420, 67.7893)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABD4 #D4A279

analogous

#79D4CF #79ABD4 #797DD4

triadic

#79ABD4 #D479AB #ABD479

tetradic

#79ABD4 #CF79D4 #D4A279 #7DD479

square

#79ABD4 #CF79D4 #D4A279 #7DD479

split-complementary

#79ABD4 #D4797D #D4CF79

monochromatic

#336F9F #4B8EC5 #79ABD4 #A7C8E3 #D6E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#79ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#79ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABD4

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABD4	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.080 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c3e1',
    500: '#79abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abd4;
$custom-light: #a3c3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.033,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72132,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABD4

secondary

#E4D3C5

accent

#6B27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABD4

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

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