#79BCCF#79BCCF

#79BCCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.073 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCCF
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -16.33, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 23.03, 224.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0578 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.073 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1268, 44.5338, 65.6589)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCCF #CF8C79

analogous

#79CFB7 #79BCCF #7991CF

triadic

#79BCCF #CF79BC #BCCF79

tetradic

#79BCCF #B779CF #CF8C79 #91CF79

square

#79BCCF #B779CF #CF8C79 #91CF79

split-complementary

#79BCCF #CF7991 #CFB779

monochromatic

#368297 #4CA5BF #79BCCF #A6D3DF #D3E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#79BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCCF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCCF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.073 217.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.256,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75727,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCCF

secondary

#E1CAC3

accent

#4B2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCCF

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

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