#79BCCE#79BCCE

#79BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.073 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCCE
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -16.59, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 22.87, 223.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0582 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.073 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0050, 44.4851, 65.0171)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCCE #CE8B79

analogous

#79CEB6 #79BCCE #7992CE

triadic

#79BCCE #CE79BC #BCCE79

tetradic

#79BCCE #B679CE #CE8B79 #92CE79

square

#79BCCE #B679CE #CE8B79 #92CE79

split-complementary

#79BCCE #CE7992 #CEB679

monochromatic

#378296 #4CA6BE #79BCCE #A6D2DE #D3E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#79BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCCE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCCE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.073 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0dd',
    500: '#79bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcce;
$custom-light: #a4d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.706,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.07253,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCCE

secondary

#E0C9C3

accent

#4A2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCCE

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

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