#79B2CA#79B2CA

#79B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.069 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2CA
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -12.38, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 21.87, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0475 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.069 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4625, 40.1678, 61.8029)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2CA #CA9179

analogous

#79CAB9 #79B2CA #7989CA

triadic

#79B2CA #CA79B2 #B2CA79

tetradic

#79B2CA #B979CA #CA9179 #89CA79

square

#79B2CA #B979CA #CA9179 #89CA79

split-complementary

#79B2CA #CA7989 #CAB979

monochromatic

#397690 #4D99B9 #79B2CA #A5CBDB #D1E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#79B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2CA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2CA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.069 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9da',
    500: '#79b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ca;
$custom-light: #a3c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2CA

secondary

#DECAC1

accent

#572FB6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2CA

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

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