#79B2CD#79B2CD

#79B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.071 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2CD
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -11.59, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 22.70, 239.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0463 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.071 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8212, 40.3113, 63.6918)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2CD #CD9479

analogous

#79CDBE #79B2CD #7988CD

triadic

#79B2CD #CD79B2 #B2CD79

tetradic

#79B2CD #BE79CD #CD9479 #88CD79

square

#79B2CD #BE79CD #CD9479 #88CD79

split-complementary

#79B2CD #CD7988 #CDBE79

monochromatic

#377694 #4C98BC #79B2CD #A6CCDE #D2E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#79B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#79B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2CD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2CD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.071 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9dc',
    500: '#79b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2cd;
$custom-light: #a3c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73404,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2CD

secondary

#E0CCC2

accent

#5A2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2CD

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