#79BACA#79BACA

#79BACA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.070 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BACA
RGBrgb(121, 186, 202)
HSLhsl(192, 43%, 63%)
HSVhsv(192, 40%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.86, -16.59, -14.61)
CIE-LCHlch(71.86, 22.10, 221.37°)
OKLaboklab(75.09% -0.0573 -0.0401)
OKLCHoklch(75.09% 0.07 215)
XYZxyz(36.1009, 43.4446, 62.3490)
Luminance0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BACA #CA8979
analogous
#79CAB1 #79BACA #7991CA
triadic
#79BACA #CA79BA #BACA79
tetradic
#79BACA #B179CA #CA8979 #91CA79
square
#79BACA #B179CA #CA8979 #91CA79
split-complementary
#79BACA #CA7991 #CAB179
monochromatic
#397F90 #4DA3B9 #79BACA #A5D1DB #D1E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#79BACA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69
#79BACA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BACA
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BACA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BACA1.002.179.699.69
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6921.001.001.00
##0000009.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB6CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1ACCA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#58C0BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79baca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.070 215.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ceda',
    500: '#79baca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79baca;
$custom-light: #a3ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79baca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.852,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75093,
    "c": 0.06997,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.43447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BACA
secondary
#DEC7C1
accent
#4A2FB6
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F9FA
border
#CED2D3
text
#0F1314
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#79BACA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva