#79B1CE#79B1CE

#79B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.072 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B1CE
RGB	rgb(121, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -10.78, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 23.12, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0447 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.072 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7440, 39.9632, 64.2634)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B1CE #CE9679

analogous

#79CEC1 #79B1CE #7987CE

triadic

#79B1CE #CE79B1 #B1CE79

tetradic

#79B1CE #C179CE #CE9679 #87CE79

square

#79B1CE #C179CE #CE9679 #87CE79

split-complementary

#79B1CE #CE7987 #CEC179

monochromatic

#377596 #4C97BE #79B1CE #A6CBDE #D3E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#79B1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#79B1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B1CE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B1CE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.072 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8dd',
    500: '#79b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b1ce;
$custom-light: #a3c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B1CE

secondary

#E0CDC3

accent

#5C2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B1CE

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

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