#79BBCE#79BBCE

#79BBCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.072 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBCE
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -16.07, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 22.80, 225.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.057 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.072 218)
XYZ	xyz(36.7921, 44.0593, 64.9461)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBCE #CE8C79

analogous

#79CEB7 #79BBCE #7991CE

triadic

#79BBCE #CE79BB #BBCE79

tetradic

#79BBCE #B779CE #CE8C79 #91CE79

square

#79BBCE #B779CE #CE8C79 #91CE79

split-complementary

#79BBCE #CE7991 #CEB779

monochromatic

#378196 #4CA4BE #79BBCE #A6D2DE #D3E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#79BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#79BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBCE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBCE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.072 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdd',
    500: '#79bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbce;
$custom-light: #a3cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.412,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75464,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.44062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBCE

secondary

#E0C9C3

accent

#4C2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBCE

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

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