#79B8DC#79B8DC

#79B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.083 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B8DC
RGB	rgb(121, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -10.73, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 26.62, 246.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0481 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.083 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9394, 43.5105, 74.0954)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B8DC #DC9D79

analogous

#79DCCF #79B8DC #7987DC

triadic

#79B8DC #DC79B8 #B8DC79

tetradic

#79B8DC #CF79DC #DC9D79 #87DC79

square

#79B8DC #CF79DC #DC9D79 #87DC79

split-complementary

#79B8DC #DC7987 #DCCF79

monochromatic

#2D7FAD #489ECF #79B8DC #AAD2E9 #DAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#79B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B8DC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B8DC	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.083 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cde7',
    500: '#79b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b8dc;
$custom-light: #a4cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B8DC

secondary

#E8D4C9

accent

#5C1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B8DC

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

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