#79BBCD#79BBCD

#79BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.072 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBCD
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -16.33, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 22.63, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0574 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.072 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6710, 44.0109, 64.3084)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBCD #CD8B79

analogous

#79CDB5 #79BBCD #7991CD

triadic

#79BBCD #CD79BB #BBCD79

tetradic

#79BBCD #B579CD #CD8B79 #91CD79

square

#79BBCD #B579CD #CD8B79 #91CD79

split-complementary

#79BBCD #CD7991 #CDB579

monochromatic

#378094 #4CA4BC #79BBCD #A6D2DE #D2E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#79BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBCD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBCD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.072 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdc',
    500: '#79bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbcd;
$custom-light: #a3cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.07174,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBCD

secondary

#E0C8C2

accent

#4B2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBCD

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

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