#79BCD5#79BCD5

#79BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.077 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD5
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -14.74, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 24.22, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0555 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.077 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8743, 44.8328, 69.5957)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD5 #D59279

analogous

#79D5C0 #79BCD5 #798ED5

triadic

#79BCD5 #D579BC #BCD579

tetradic

#79BCD5 #C079D5 #D59279 #8ED579

square

#79BCD5 #C079D5 #D59279 #8ED579

split-complementary

#79BCD5 #D5798E #D5C079

monochromatic

#3283A1 #4AA5C6 #79BCD5 #A8D3E4 #D6EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#79BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD5

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD5	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.077 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e2',
    500: '#79bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd5;
$custom-light: #a4d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7595,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD5

secondary

#E4CEC5

accent

#5026C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD5

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

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