#79AFBC#79AFBC

#79AFBC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.060 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AFBC
RGBrgb(121, 175, 188)
HSLhsl(192, 33%, 61%)
HSVhsv(192, 36%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(35.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.28, -14.40, -12.28)
CIE-LCHlch(68.28, 18.92, 220.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.1% -0.0491 -0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(72.1% 0.06 214.4)
XYZxyz(32.2891, 38.3538, 53.2688)
Luminance0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AFBC #BC8679
analogous
#79BCA7 #79AFBC #798DBC
triadic
#79AFBC #BC79AF #AFBC79
tetradic
#79AFBC #A779BC #BC8679 #8DBC79
square
#79AFBC #A779BC #BC8679 #8DBC79
split-complementary
#79AFBC #BC798D #BCA779
monochromatic
#3E707C #5395A5 #79AFBC #A2C7D0 #CBE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#79AFBC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67
#79AFBC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFBC
8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AFBC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AFBC1.002.428.678.67
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6721.001.001.00
##0000008.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5ABBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA3BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#60B4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.060 214.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7d0',
    500: '#79afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79afbc;
$custom-light: #a2c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.05956,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AFBC
secondary
#D5C1BC
accent
#5039AC
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F9
border
#CED1D2
text
#0F1314
muted
#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFBC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#79AFBC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva