#79BBD7#79BBD7

#79BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.078 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD7
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -13.68, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 24.75, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0536 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.078 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9169, 44.5092, 70.8699)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD7 #D79579

analogous

#79D7C4 #79BBD7 #798CD7

triadic

#79BBD7 #D779BB #BBD779

tetradic

#79BBD7 #C479D7 #D79579 #8CD779

square

#79BBD7 #C479D7 #D79579 #8CD779

split-complementary

#79BBD7 #D7798C #D7C479

monochromatic

#3182A4 #4AA3C9 #79BBD7 #A8D3E5 #D7EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#79BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD7

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD7	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.078 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe3',
    500: '#79bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd7;
$custom-light: #a4cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.07816,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD7

secondary

#E5D0C6

accent

#5324C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD7

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

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