#79BCD1#79BCD1

#79BCD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.074 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD1
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -15.80, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 23.38, 227.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.057 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.074 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3729, 44.6322, 66.9548)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD1 #D18E79

analogous

#79D1BA #79BCD1 #7990D1

triadic

#79BCD1 #D179BC #BCD179

tetradic

#79BCD1 #BA79D1 #D18E79 #90D179

square

#79BCD1 #BA79D1 #D18E79 #90D179

split-complementary

#79BCD1 #D17990 #D1BA79

monochromatic

#35829B #4BA5C1 #79BCD1 #A7D3E1 #D4EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#79BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#79BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD1

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD1	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.074 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0df',
    500: '#79bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd1;
$custom-light: #a4d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.318,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.07418,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD1

secondary

#E2CBC4

accent

#4C29BC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD1

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

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