#79BBCC#79BBCC

#79BBCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.071 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBCC
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -16.59, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 22.48, 222.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0577 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.071 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5507, 43.9627, 63.6747)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBCC #CC8A79

analogous

#79CCB3 #79BBCC #7991CC

triadic

#79BBCC #CC79BB #BBCC79

tetradic

#79BBCC #B379CC #CC8A79 #91CC79

square

#79BBCC #B379CC #CC8A79 #91CC79

split-complementary

#79BBCC #CC7991 #CCB379

monochromatic

#388093 #4DA5BB #79BBCC #A5D1DD #D2E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#79BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBCC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBCC	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.071 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdb',
    500: '#79bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbcc;
$custom-light: #a3cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.289,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75391,
    "c": 0.07124,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBCC

secondary

#DFC8C2

accent

#4A2DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBCC

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

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