#79ABDD#79ABDD

#79ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.091 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ABDD
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(210, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -3.39, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 30.60, 263.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0322 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.091 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4948, 38.4089, 73.9359)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ABDD #DDAB79

analogous

#79DDDD #79ABDD #7979DD

triadic

#79ABDD #DD79AB #ABDD79

tetradic

#79ABDD #DD79DD #DDAB79 #79DD79

square

#79ABDD #DD79DD #DDAB79 #79DD79

split-complementary

#79ABDD #DD7979 #DDDD79

monochromatic

#2C6EAF #488CD1 #79ABDD #AACAE9 #DBE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#79ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#79ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABDD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ABDD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.091 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3e7',
    500: '#79abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79abdd;
$custom-light: #a4c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ABDD

secondary

#E9D9C9

accent

#731EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ABDD

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

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