#79B1D4#79B1D4

#79B1D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.078 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B1D4
RGB	rgb(121, 177, 212)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -9.16, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 25.15, 248.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0426 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.078 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4869, 40.2603, 68.1757)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B1D4 #D49C79

analogous

#79D4C9 #79B1D4 #7983D4

triadic

#79B1D4 #D479B1 #B1D479

tetradic

#79B1D4 #C979D4 #D49C79 #83D479

square

#79B1D4 #C979D4 #D49C79 #83D479

split-complementary

#79B1D4 #D47983 #D4C979

monochromatic

#33769F #4B96C5 #79B1D4 #A7CCE3 #D6E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B1D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#79B1D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B1D4

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B1D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B1D4	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b1d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.078 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c8e1',
    500: '#79b1d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b1d4;
$custom-light: #a4c8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b1d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B1D4

secondary

#E4D1C5

accent

#6127BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B1D4

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

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