#79BBCB#79BBCB

#79BBCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.071 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBCB
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -16.85, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 22.34, 221.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0581 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.071 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4311, 43.9149, 63.0450)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBCB #CB8979

analogous

#79CBB2 #79BBCB #7992CB

triadic

#79BBCB #CB79BB #BBCB79

tetradic

#79BBCB #B279CB #CB8979 #92CB79

square

#79BBCB #B279CB #CB8979 #92CB79

split-complementary

#79BBCB #CB7992 #CBB279

monochromatic

#388091 #4DA5BA #79BBCB #A5D1DC #D1E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#79BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBCB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBCB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.071 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfda',
    500: '#79bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbcb;
$custom-light: #a3cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75355,
    "c": 0.07077,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBCB

secondary

#DEC7C1

accent

#492EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBCB

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

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