#79B2DD#79B2DD

#79B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.086 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2DD
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -7.23, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 28.36, 255.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0406 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.086 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8522, 41.1237, 74.3883)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2DD #DDA479

analogous

#79DDD6 #79B2DD #7980DD

triadic

#79B2DD #DD79B2 #B2DD79

tetradic

#79B2DD #D679DD #DDA479 #80DD79

square

#79B2DD #D679DD #DDA479 #80DD79

split-complementary

#79B2DD #DD7980 #DDD679

monochromatic

#2C77AF #4896D1 #79B2DD #AACEE9 #DBEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#79B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#79B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2DD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2DD	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.086 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c9e7',
    500: '#79b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2dd;
$custom-light: #a4c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74046,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2DD

secondary

#E9D7C9

accent

#671EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2DD

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

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