#79B3BF#79B3BF

#79B3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.063 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3BF
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -15.74, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 19.85, 217.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.053 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.063 212)
XYZ	xyz(33.4060, 40.0647, 55.2531)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3BF #BF8579

analogous

#79BFA8 #79B3BF #7990BF

triadic

#79B3BF #BF79B3 #B3BF79

tetradic

#79B3BF #A879BF #BF8579 #90BF79

square

#79B3BF #A879BF #BF8579 #90BF79

split-complementary

#79B3BF #BF7990 #BFA879

monochromatic

#3D7580 #519BAA #79B3BF #A2CAD3 #CCE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#79B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#79B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3BF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3BF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.063 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d2',
    500: '#79b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3bf;
$custom-light: #a2c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73113,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.40067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3BF

secondary

#D7C1BD

accent

#4C37AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3BF

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

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