#79ACCC#79ACCC

#79ACCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.071 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ACCC
RGB	rgb(121, 172, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -8.62, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 23.25, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0393 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.071 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5331, 37.9275, 62.6688)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ACCC #CC9979

analogous

#79CCC2 #79ACCC #7982CC

triadic

#79ACCC #CC79AC #ACCC79

tetradic

#79ACCC #C279CC #CC9979 #82CC79

square

#79ACCC #C279CC #CC9979 #82CC79

split-complementary

#79ACCC #CC7982 #CCC279

monochromatic

#387093 #4D91BB #79ACCC #A5C7DD #D2E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#79ACCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#79ACCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACCC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ACCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ACCC	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)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79accc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.071 236.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79accc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.133,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ACCC

secondary

#DFCDC2

accent

#632DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ACCC

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

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