#79AFCB#79AFCB

#79AFCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.070 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFCB
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -10.51, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 22.43, 242.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0434 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.07 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9909, 39.0345, 62.2316)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFCB #CB9579

analogous

#79CBBE #79AFCB #7986CB

triadic

#79AFCB #CB79AF #AFCB79

tetradic

#79AFCB #BE79CB #CB9579 #86CB79

square

#79AFCB #BE79CB #CB9579 #86CB79

split-complementary

#79AFCB #CB7986 #CBBE79

monochromatic

#387391 #4D95BA #79AFCB #A5C9DC #D1E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79AFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#79AFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFCB

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFCB	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.070 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6da',
    500: '#79afcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afcb;
$custom-light: #a3c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.488,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFCB

secondary

#DECBC1

accent

#5D2EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFCB

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

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