#79AFBD#79AFBD

#79AFBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.060 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79AFBD
RGBrgb(121, 175, 189)
HSLhsl(192, 34%, 61%)
HSVhsv(192, 36%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.31, -14.15, -12.79)
CIE-LCHlch(68.31, 19.07, 222.11°)
OKLaboklab(72.13% -0.0487 -0.035)
OKLCHoklch(72.13% 0.06 215.7)
XYZxyz(32.3973, 38.3971, 53.8385)
Luminance0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79AFBD #BD8779
analogous
#79BDA9 #79AFBD #798DBD
triadic
#79AFBD #BD79AF #AFBD79
tetradic
#79AFBD #A979BD #BD8779 #8DBD79
square
#79AFBD #A979BD #BD8779 #8DBD79
split-complementary
#79AFBD #BD798D #BDA979
monochromatic
#3E717E #5295A7 #79AFBD #A2C7D1 #CBE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

8.68
#79AFBD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFBD
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79AFBD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79AFBD1.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5ABBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA3BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#60B4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.060 215.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7d0',
    500: '#79afbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79afbd;
$custom-light: #a2c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79AFBD
secondary
#D6C1BC
accent
#5139AD
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F9
border
#CED1D2
text
#0F1314
muted
#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFBD

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