#79BCD2#79BCD2

#79BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.075 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD2
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -15.54, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 23.57, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0566 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.075 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4971, 44.6819, 67.6088)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD2 #D28F79

analogous

#79D2BB #79BCD2 #7990D2

triadic

#79BCD2 #D279BC #BCD279

tetradic

#79BCD2 #BB79D2 #D28F79 #90D279

square

#79BCD2 #BB79D2 #D28F79 #90D279

split-complementary

#79BCD2 #D27990 #D2BB79

monochromatic

#34839C #4BA5C3 #79BCD2 #A7D3E1 #D5EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#79BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD2

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD2	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.075 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0df',
    500: '#79bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd2;
$custom-light: #a4d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD2

secondary

#E3CCC4

accent

#4D28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD2

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

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