#79BBD8#79BBD8

#79BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD8
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -13.41, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 25.02, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0532 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.079 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0458, 44.5608, 71.5487)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD8 #D89679

analogous

#79D8C5 #79BBD8 #798BD8

triadic

#79BBD8 #D879BB #BBD879

tetradic

#79BBD8 #C579D8 #D89679 #8BD879

square

#79BBD8 #C579D8 #D89679 #8BD879

split-complementary

#79BBD8 #D8798B #D8C579

monochromatic

#3082A6 #4AA3CA #79BBD8 #A8D3E6 #D8EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#79BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD8	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe4',
    500: '#79bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd8;
$custom-light: #a4cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.316,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7584,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD8

secondary

#E6D0C7

accent

#5423C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD8

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

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