#79B2BF#79B2BF

#79B2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2BF
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -15.22, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 19.70, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0517 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.062 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2063, 39.6653, 55.1865)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2BF #BF8679

analogous

#79BFA9 #79B2BF #798FBF

triadic

#79B2BF #BF79B2 #B2BF79

tetradic

#79B2BF #A979BF #BF8679 #8FBF79

square

#79B2BF #A979BF #BF8679 #8FBF79

split-complementary

#79B2BF #BF798F #BFA979

monochromatic

#3D7480 #5199AA #79B2BF #A2CAD3 #CCE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#79B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#79B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2BF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2BF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d2',
    500: '#79b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2bf;
$custom-light: #a2c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2BF

secondary

#D7C2BD

accent

#4D37AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2BF

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

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