#79BBD4#79BBD4

#79BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.076 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD4
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -14.49, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 24.01, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0547 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.076 224)
XYZ	xyz(37.5349, 44.3564, 68.8583)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD4 #D49279

analogous

#79D4C0 #79BBD4 #798DD4

triadic

#79BBD4 #D479BB #BBD479

tetradic

#79BBD4 #C079D4 #D49279 #8DD479

square

#79BBD4 #C079D4 #D49279 #8DD479

split-complementary

#79BBD4 #D4798D #D4C079

monochromatic

#33829F #4BA3C5 #79BBD4 #A7D3E3 #D6EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#79BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD4

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD4	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.076 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe1',
    500: '#79bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd4;
$custom-light: #a4cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.44359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD4

secondary

#E4CDC5

accent

#5027BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD4

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

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