#79AEBF#79AEBF

#79AEBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.061 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AEBF
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -13.11, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 19.34, 227.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0467 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.061 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4220, 38.0967, 54.9251)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AEBF #BF8A79

analogous

#79BFAD #79AEBF #798BBF

triadic

#79AEBF #BF79AE #AEBF79

tetradic

#79AEBF #AD79BF #BF8A79 #8BBF79

square

#79AEBF #AD79BF #BF8A79 #8BBF79

split-complementary

#79AEBF #BF798B #BFAD79

monochromatic

#3D7080 #5194AA #79AEBF #A2C7D3 #CCE0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#79AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#79AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AEBF

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AEBF	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.061 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6d2',
    500: '#79aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aebf;
$custom-light: #a2c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.06085,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AEBF

secondary

#D7C3BD

accent

#5437AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AEBF

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

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