#79BBD3#79BBD3

#79BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.075 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD3
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -14.75, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 23.78, 231.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0551 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.075 223)
XYZ	xyz(37.4092, 44.3061, 68.1961)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD3 #D39179

analogous

#79D3BE #79BBD3 #798ED3

triadic

#79BBD3 #D379BB #BBD379

tetradic

#79BBD3 #BE79D3 #D39179 #8ED379

square

#79BBD3 #BE79D3 #D39179 #8ED379

split-complementary

#79BBD3 #D3798E #D3BE79

monochromatic

#34829E #4BA4C4 #79BBD3 #A7D2E2 #D5EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#79BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD3

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD3	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.075 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe0',
    500: '#79bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd3;
$custom-light: #a4cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.44309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD3

secondary

#E3CDC5

accent

#5028BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD3

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

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