#79BBDC#79BBDC

#79BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BBDC
RGBrgb(121, 187, 220)
HSLhsl(200, 59%, 67%)
HSVhsv(200, 45%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(45%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.74, -12.33, -23.08)
CIE-LCHlch(72.74, 26.17, 241.89°)
OKLaboklab(76% -0.0517 -0.0638)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.082 231)
XYZxyz(38.5692, 44.7701, 74.3054)
Luminance0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BBDC #DC9A79
analogous
#79DCCC #79BBDC #798ADC
triadic
#79BBDC #DC79BB #BBDC79
tetradic
#79BBDC #CC79DC #DC9A79 #8ADC79
square
#79BBDC #CC79DC #DC9A79 #8ADC79
split-complementary
#79BBDC #DC798A #DCCC79
monochromatic
#2D83AD #48A2CF #79BBDC #AAD4E9 #DAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#79BBDC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95
#79BBDC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBDC
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BBDC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BBDC1.002.119.959.95
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9521.001.001.00
##0000009.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB9DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CAEDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4DC4C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 231.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe7',
    500: '#79bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bbdc;
$custom-light: #a4cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.08217,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.44773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BBDC
secondary
#E8D3C9
accent
#571FC6
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FC
border
#CED2D5
text
#101316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#79BBDC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva