#79BBEC#79BBEC

#79BBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.098 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BBEC
RGBrgb(121, 187, 236)
HSLhsl(206, 75%, 70%)
HSVhsv(206, 49%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(48.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.32, -7.87, -30.87)
CIE-LCHlch(73.32, 31.86, 255.70°)
OKLaboklab(76.65% -0.0461 -0.0859)
OKLCHoklch(76.65% 0.098 241.8)
XYZxyz(40.7905, 45.6586, 86.0041)
Luminance0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BBEC #ECAA79
analogous
#79ECE3 #79BBEC #7982EC
triadic
#79BBEC #EC79BB #BBEC79
tetradic
#79BBEC #E379EC #ECAA79 #82EC79
square
#79BBEC #E379EC #ECAA79 #82EC79
split-complementary
#79BBEC #EC7982 #ECE379
monochromatic
#1D82CD #43A0E4 #79BBEC #AFD6F4 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#79BBEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13
#79BBEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BBEC
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BBEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BBEC1.002.0710.1310.13
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1321.001.001.00
##00000010.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6BBEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96AFEB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#40C7CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.098 241.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6cff2',
    500: '#79bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bbec;
$custom-light: #a6cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BBEC
secondary
#F0DED0
accent
#640ED7
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F9FD
border
#CED2D5
text
#101317
muted
#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BBEC

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