#79BCD3#79BCD3

#79BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.075 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD3
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -15.28, -18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 23.78, 230.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0563 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.075 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6221, 44.7319, 68.2670)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD3 #D39079

analogous

#79D3BD #79BCD3 #798FD3

triadic

#79BCD3 #D379BC #BCD379

tetradic

#79BCD3 #BD79D3 #D39079 #8FD379

square

#79BCD3 #BD79D3 #D39079 #8FD379

split-complementary

#79BCD3 #D3798F #D3BD79

monochromatic

#34839E #4BA5C4 #79BCD3 #A7D3E2 #D5EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#79BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD3

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD3	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.075 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e0',
    500: '#79bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd3;
$custom-light: #a4d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD3

secondary

#E3CCC5

accent

#4E28BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD3

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

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