#79B8CD#79B8CD

#79B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.071 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8CD
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -14.76, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 22.48, 228.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0537 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.071 221)
XYZ	xyz(36.0412, 42.7513, 64.0984)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8CD #CD8E79

analogous

#79CDB8 #79B8CD #798ECD

triadic

#79B8CD #CD79B8 #B8CD79

tetradic

#79B8CD #B879CD #CD8E79 #8ECD79

square

#79B8CD #B879CD #CD8E79 #8ECD79

split-complementary

#79B8CD #CD798E #CDB879

monochromatic

#377D94 #4CA0BC #79B8CD #A6D0DE #D2E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#79B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#79B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8CD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8CD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.071 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cddc',
    500: '#79b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8cd;
$custom-light: #a3cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.07114,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.42754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8CD

secondary

#E0CAC2

accent

#502DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8CD

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

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