#79BCD7#79BCD7

#79BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.078 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCD7
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -14.21, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 24.69, 234.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0547 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.078 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1297, 44.9350, 70.9409)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCD7 #D79479

analogous

#79D7C3 #79BCD7 #798DD7

triadic

#79BCD7 #D779BC #BCD779

tetradic

#79BCD7 #C379D7 #D79479 #8DD779

square

#79BCD7 #C379D7 #D79479 #8DD779

split-complementary

#79BCD7 #D7798D #D7C379

monochromatic

#3183A4 #4AA4C9 #79BCD7 #A8D4E5 #D7EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#79BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCD7

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCD7	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.078 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e3',
    500: '#79bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcd7;
$custom-light: #a4d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.234,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCD7

secondary

#E5CFC6

accent

#5124C1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCD7

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

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