#79ADCC#79ADCC

#79ADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.071 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADCC
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -9.17, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 23.06, 246.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0405 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.071 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7241, 38.3096, 62.7325)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADCC #CC9879

analogous

#79CCC1 #79ADCC #7983CC

triadic

#79ADCC #CC79AD #ADCC79

tetradic

#79ADCC #C179CC #CC9879 #83CC79

square

#79ADCC #C179CC #CC9879 #83CC79

split-complementary

#79ADCC #CC7983 #CCC179

monochromatic

#387193 #4D92BB #79ADCC #A5C8DD #D2E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#79ADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#79ADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADCC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADCC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79adcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.071 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5db',
    500: '#79adcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79adcc;
$custom-light: #a3c5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79adcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.41,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72249,
    "c": 0.0711,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADCC

secondary

#DFCDC2

accent

#612DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADCC

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

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