#79ADCD#79ADCD

#79ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.072 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79ADCD
RGB	rgb(121, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -8.90, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 23.42, 247.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0402 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.072 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8444, 38.3577, 63.3662)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79ADCD #CD9979

analogous

#79CDC3 #79ADCD #7983CD

triadic

#79ADCD #CD79AD #ADCD79

tetradic

#79ADCD #C379CD #CD9979 #83CD79

square

#79ADCD #C379CD #CD9979 #83CD79

split-complementary

#79ADCD #CD7983 #CDC379

monochromatic

#377194 #4C92BC #79ADCD #A6C8DE #D2E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#79ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#79ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ADCD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79ADCD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.072 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c5dc',
    500: '#79adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79adcd;
$custom-light: #a3c5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79ADCD

secondary

#E0CDC2

accent

#622DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #79ADCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →