#79BBD1#79BBD1

#79BBD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.074 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BBD1
RGBrgb(121, 187, 209)
HSLhsl(195, 49%, 65%)
HSVhsv(195, 42%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(42.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(72.37, -15.28, -17.66)
CIE-LCHlch(72.37, 23.35, 229.13°)
OKLaboklab(75.58% -0.0558 -0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(75.58% 0.074 221.1)
XYZxyz(37.1600, 44.2065, 66.8838)
Luminance0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BBD1 #D18F79
analogous
#79D1BB #79BBD1 #798FD1
triadic
#79BBD1 #D179BB #BBD179
tetradic
#79BBD1 #BB79D1 #D18F79 #8FD179
square
#79BBD1 #BB79D1 #D18F79 #8FD179
split-complementary
#79BBD1 #D1798F #D1BB79
monochromatic
#35819B #4BA4C1 #79BBD1 #A7D2E1 #D4E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#79BBD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84
#79BBD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD1
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BBD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BBD11.002.139.849.84
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8421.001.001.00
##0000009.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB7D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0ADD1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#54C2C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.074 221.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfdf',
    500: '#79bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bbd1;
$custom-light: #a4cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BBD1
secondary
#E2CBC4
accent
#4E29BC
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F9FB
border
#CED2D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#79BBD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva