#79BCD4#79BCD4

#79BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.076 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD4
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -15.01, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 23.99, 231.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0559 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.076 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7478, 44.7822, 68.9293)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD4 #D49179

analogous

#79D4BE #79BCD4 #798FD4

triadic

#79BCD4 #D479BC #BCD479

tetradic

#79BCD4 #BE79D4 #D49179 #8FD479

square

#79BCD4 #BE79D4 #D49179 #8FD479

split-complementary

#79BCD4 #D4798F #D4BE79

monochromatic

#33839F #4BA5C5 #79BCD4 #A7D3E3 #D6EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#79BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD4	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.076 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e1',
    500: '#79bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd4;
$custom-light: #a4d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.824,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75912,
    "c": 0.07605,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD4

secondary

#E4CDC5

accent

#4F27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD4

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

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