#79BCD0#79BCD0

#79BCD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.074 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD0
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -16.07, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 23.20, 226.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0574 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.074 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2495, 44.5829, 66.3048)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD0 #D08D79

analogous

#79D0B9 #79BCD0 #7991D0

triadic

#79BCD0 #D079BC #BCD079

tetradic

#79BCD0 #B979D0 #D08D79 #91D079

square

#79BCD0 #B979D0 #D08D79 #91D079

split-complementary

#79BCD0 #D07991 #D0B979

monochromatic

#368299 #4CA5C0 #79BCD0 #A6D3E0 #D4E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#79BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD0

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD0	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.074 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0de',
    500: '#79bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd0;
$custom-light: #a4d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.793,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD0

secondary

#E1CAC3

accent

#4C2ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD0

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

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