#79BBDA#79BBDA

#79BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.081 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBDA
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -12.87, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 25.58, 239.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0524 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.081 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3059, 44.6648, 72.9187)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBDA #DA9879

analogous

#79DAC9 #79BBDA #798BDA

triadic

#79BBDA #DA79BB #BBDA79

tetradic

#79BBDA #C979DA #DA9879 #8BDA79

square

#79BBDA #C979DA #DA9879 #8BDA79

split-complementary

#79BBDA #DA798B #DAC979

monochromatic

#2F82AA #49A3CD #79BBDA #A9D3E7 #D9ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#79BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBDA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBDA	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.081 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe5',
    500: '#79bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbda;
$custom-light: #a4cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75918,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBDA

secondary

#E7D2C8

accent

#5521C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBDA

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

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