#79B2CC#79B2CC

#79B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.070 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2CC
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -11.85, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 22.41, 238.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0467 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.07 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7009, 40.2631, 63.0581)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2CC #CC9379

analogous

#79CCBC #79B2CC #7988CC

triadic

#79B2CC #CC79B2 #B2CC79

tetradic

#79B2CC #BC79CC #CC9379 #88CC79

square

#79B2CC #BC79CC #CC9379 #88CC79

split-complementary

#79B2CC #CC7988 #CCBC79

monochromatic

#387693 #4D99BB #79B2CC #A5CBDD #D2E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#79B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2CC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2CC	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)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.070 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9db',
    500: '#79b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2cc;
$custom-light: #a3c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73366,
    "c": 0.07022,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2CC

secondary

#DFCBC2

accent

#592DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2CC

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

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