#79BACE#79BACE

#79BACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.072 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BACE
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -15.55, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 22.74, 226.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0558 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.072 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5807, 43.6365, 64.8756)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BACE #CE8D79

analogous

#79CEB8 #79BACE #7990CE

triadic

#79BACE #CE79BA #BACE79

tetradic

#79BACE #B879CE #CE8D79 #90CE79

square

#79BACE #B879CE #CE8D79 #90CE79

split-complementary

#79BACE #CE7990 #CEB879

monochromatic

#377F96 #4CA3BE #79BACE #A6D1DE #D3E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#79BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#79BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BACE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BACE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.072 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cedd',
    500: '#79bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bace;
$custom-light: #a3cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BACE

secondary

#E0CAC3

accent

#4D2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BACE

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

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