#79B2CE#79B2CE

#79B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.072 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2CE
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -11.32, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 23.00, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.046 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.072 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9423, 40.3597, 64.3295)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2CE #CE9579

analogous

#79CEC0 #79B2CE #7988CE

triadic

#79B2CE #CE79B2 #B2CE79

tetradic

#79B2CE #C079CE #CE9579 #88CE79

square

#79B2CE #C079CE #CE9579 #88CE79

split-complementary

#79B2CE #CE7988 #CEC079

monochromatic

#377796 #4C98BE #79B2CE #A6CCDE #D3E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#79B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#79B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2CE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2CE	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.072 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9dd',
    500: '#79b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2ce;
$custom-light: #a3c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.765,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.07185,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2CE

secondary

#E0CCC3

accent

#5B2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2CE

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

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