#79B2CB#79B2CB

#79B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.069 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2CB
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -12.12, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 22.14, 236.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0471 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.069 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5813, 40.2153, 62.4284)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2CB #CB9279

analogous

#79CBBB #79B2CB #7989CB

triadic

#79B2CB #CB79B2 #B2CB79

tetradic

#79B2CB #BB79CB #CB9279 #89CB79

square

#79B2CB #BB79CB #CB9279 #89CB79

split-complementary

#79B2CB #CB7989 #CBBB79

monochromatic

#387691 #4D99BA #79B2CB #A5CBDC #D1E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#79B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2CB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2CB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.069 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9da',
    500: '#79b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2cb;
$custom-light: #a3c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2CB

secondary

#DECAC1

accent

#582EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2CB

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

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