#79B0D3#79B0D3

#79B0D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.077 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0D3
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 211)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -8.90, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 24.99, 249.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0417 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.077 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1643, 39.8165, 67.4478)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0D3 #D39C79

analogous

#79D3C9 #79B0D3 #7983D3

triadic

#79B0D3 #D379B0 #B0D379

tetradic

#79B0D3 #C979D3 #D39C79 #83D379

square

#79B0D3 #C979D3 #D39C79 #83D379

split-complementary

#79B0D3 #D37983 #D3C979

monochromatic

#34759E #4B95C4 #79B0D3 #A7CBE2 #D5E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79B0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#79B0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0D3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0D3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.077 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c7e0',
    500: '#79b0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0d3;
$custom-light: #a3c7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.07689,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0D3

secondary

#E3D1C5

accent

#6228BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0D3

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

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