#79BBDD#79BBDD

#79BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.083 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBDD
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -12.06, -23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 26.48, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0514 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.083 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7020, 44.8233, 75.0049)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBDD #DD9B79

analogous

#79DDCD #79BBDD #7989DD

triadic

#79BBDD #DD79BB #BBDD79

tetradic

#79BBDD #CD79DD #DD9B79 #89DD79

square

#79BBDD #CD79DD #DD9B79 #89DD79

split-complementary

#79BBDD #DD7989 #DDCD79

monochromatic

#2C83AF #48A2D1 #79BBDD #AAD4E9 #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#79BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBDD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBDD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.083 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe7',
    500: '#79bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbdd;
$custom-light: #a4cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBDD

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#581EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBDD

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

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