#79B2DB#79B2DB

#79B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.084 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2DB
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -7.78, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 27.56, 253.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0413 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.084 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5873, 41.0177, 72.9934)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2DB #DBA279

analogous

#79DBD3 #79B2DB #7981DB

triadic

#79B2DB #DB79B2 #B2DB79

tetradic

#79B2DB #D379DB #DBA279 #81DB79

square

#79B2DB #D379DB #DBA279 #81DB79

split-complementary

#79B2DB #DB7981 #DBD379

monochromatic

#2E77AC #4996CE #79B2DB #A9CEE8 #D9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#79B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2DB

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2DB	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.084 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c9e6',
    500: '#79b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2db;
$custom-light: #a4c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.102,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73963,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2DB

secondary

#E8D5C8

accent

#6520C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2DB

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

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