#79BBD2#79BBD2

#79BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.075 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD2
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -15.02, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 23.56, 230.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0554 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.075 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2842, 44.2561, 67.5379)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD2 #D29079

analogous

#79D2BD #79BBD2 #798ED2

triadic

#79BBD2 #D279BB #BBD279

tetradic

#79BBD2 #BD79D2 #D29079 #8ED279

square

#79BBD2 #BD79D2 #D29079 #8ED279

split-complementary

#79BBD2 #D2798E #D2BD79

monochromatic

#34819C #4BA4C3 #79BBD2 #A7D2E1 #D5E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#79BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD2

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD2	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.075 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfdf',
    500: '#79bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd2;
$custom-light: #a4cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD2

secondary

#E3CCC4

accent

#4F28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD2

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

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