#79B0BB#79B0BB

#79B0BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.060 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0BB
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -15.18, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 18.95, 216.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0508 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.06 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3771, 38.7015, 52.7682)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0BB #BB8479

analogous

#79BBA5 #79B0BB #798FBB

triadic

#79B0BB #BB79B0 #B0BB79

tetradic

#79B0BB #A579BB #BB8479 #8FBB79

square

#79B0BB #A579BB #BB8479 #8FBB79

split-complementary

#79B0BB #BB798F #BBA579

monochromatic

#3E717B #5396A4 #79B0BB #A2C8D0 #CAE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#79B0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#79B0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0BB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0BB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.060 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7cf',
    500: '#79b0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0bb;
$custom-light: #a2c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.05956,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0BB

secondary

#D5BFBB

accent

#4D3AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0BB

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

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