#79BBD5#79BBD5

#79BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD5
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -14.22, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 24.24, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0543 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.077 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6615, 44.4070, 69.5247)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD5 #D59379

analogous

#79D5C1 #79BBD5 #798DD5

triadic

#79BBD5 #D579BB #BBD579

tetradic

#79BBD5 #C179D5 #D59379 #8DD579

square

#79BBD5 #C179D5 #D59379 #8DD579

split-complementary

#79BBD5 #D5798D #D5C179

monochromatic

#3282A1 #4AA3C6 #79BBD5 #A8D3E4 #D6EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#79BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#79BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD5

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD5	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe2',
    500: '#79bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd5;
$custom-light: #a4cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.0767,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD5

secondary

#E4CEC5

accent

#5126C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD5

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

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