#79BBD9#79BBD9

#79BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.080 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBD9
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -13.14, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 25.29, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0528 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.08 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1754, 44.6126, 72.2316)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBD9 #D99779

analogous

#79D9C7 #79BBD9 #798BD9

triadic

#79BBD9 #D979BB #BBD979

tetradic

#79BBD9 #C779D9 #D99779 #8BD979

square

#79BBD9 #C779D9 #D99779 #8BD979

split-complementary

#79BBD9 #D9798B #D9C779

monochromatic

#3082A8 #49A3CB #79BBD9 #A9D3E7 #D8EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#79BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBD9

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBD9	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.080 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe4',
    500: '#79bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbd9;
$custom-light: #a4cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.07971,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBD9

secondary

#E7D1C7

accent

#5522C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBD9

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

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