#79BBDE#79BBDE

#79BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.084 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BBDE
RGB	rgb(121, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -11.78, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 26.79, 243.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.051 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.084 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8356, 44.8767, 75.7087)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BBDE #DE9C79

analogous

#79DECE #79BBDE #7989DE

triadic

#79BBDE #DE79BB #BBDE79

tetradic

#79BBDE #CE79DE #DE9C79 #89DE79

square

#79BBDE #CE79DE #DE9C79 #89DE79

split-complementary

#79BBDE #DE7989 #DECE79

monochromatic

#2C83B1 #48A2D2 #79BBDE #AAD4EA #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#79BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBDE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BBDE	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.084 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cfe8',
    500: '#79bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bbde;
$custom-light: #a5cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.792,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76075,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BBDE

secondary

#E9D5C9

accent

#591DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBDE

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

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