#79B2DA#79B2DA

#79B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.083 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2DA
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -8.06, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 27.17, 252.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0417 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.083 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4561, 40.9652, 72.3021)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2DA #DAA179

analogous

#79DAD2 #79B2DA #7982DA

triadic

#79B2DA #DA79B2 #B2DA79

tetradic

#79B2DA #D279DA #DAA179 #82DA79

square

#79B2DA #D279DA #DAA179 #82DA79

split-complementary

#79B2DA #DA7982 #DAD279

monochromatic

#2F77AA #4996CD #79B2DA #A9CEE7 #D9E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#79B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2DA

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2DA	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.083 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c9e5',
    500: '#79b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2da;
$custom-light: #a4c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2DA

secondary

#E7D5C8

accent

#6421C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2DA

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

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