#79B5D0#79B5D0

#79B5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.073 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B5D0
RGB	rgb(121, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 48%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -12.38, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 23.29, 237.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0489 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.073 228)
XYZ	xyz(35.7902, 41.6644, 65.8184)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B5D0 #D09479

analogous

#79D0C0 #79B5D0 #798AD0

triadic

#79B5D0 #D079B5 #B5D079

tetradic

#79B5D0 #C079D0 #D09479 #8AD079

square

#79B5D0 #C079D0 #D09479 #8AD079

split-complementary

#79B5D0 #D0798A #D0C079

monochromatic

#367A99 #4C9CC0 #79B5D0 #A6CEE0 #D4E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#79B5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#79B5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B5D0

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B5D0	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.073 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cbde',
    500: '#79b5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b5d0;
$custom-light: #a3cbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.41667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B5D0

secondary

#E1CDC3

accent

#572ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B5D0

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

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