#79B5CC#79B5CC

#79B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.070 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5CC
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -13.44, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 22.26, 232.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0504 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.07 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3043, 41.4700, 63.2592)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5CC #CC9079

analogous

#79CCB9 #79B5CC #798BCC

triadic

#79B5CC #CC79B5 #B5CC79

tetradic

#79B5CC #B979CC #CC9079 #8BCC79

square

#79B5CC #B979CC #CC9079 #8BCC79

split-complementary

#79B5CC #CC798B #CCB979

monochromatic

#387A93 #4D9DBB #79B5CC #A5CDDD #D2E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#79B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#79B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5CC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5CC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.070 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbdb',
    500: '#79b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5cc;
$custom-light: #a3cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5CC

secondary

#DFCAC2

accent

#542DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5CC

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

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