#79BCD6#79BCD6

#79BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.077 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD6
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -14.48, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 24.45, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0551 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.077 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0016, 44.8837, 70.2662)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD6 #D69379

analogous

#79D6C1 #79BCD6 #798DD6

triadic

#79BCD6 #D679BC #BCD679

tetradic

#79BCD6 #C179D6 #D69379 #8DD679

square

#79BCD6 #C179D6 #D69379 #8DD679

split-complementary

#79BCD6 #D6798D #D6C179

monochromatic

#3283A3 #4AA5C8 #79BCD6 #A8D3E4 #D7EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#79BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD6

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD6	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.077 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e2',
    500: '#79bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd6;
$custom-light: #a4d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.07742,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD6

secondary

#E5CFC6

accent

#5025C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD6

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

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