#79BCDA#79BCDA

#79BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.080 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDA
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -13.40, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 25.48, 238.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0536 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.08 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5188, 45.0906, 72.9897)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDA #DA9779

analogous

#79DAC8 #79BCDA #798CDA

triadic

#79BCDA #DA79BC #BCDA79

tetradic

#79BCDA #C879DA #DA9779 #8CDA79

square

#79BCDA #C879DA #DA9779 #8CDA79

split-complementary

#79BCDA #DA798C #DAC879

monochromatic

#2F84AA #49A4CD #79BCDA #A9D4E7 #D9ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#79BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDA	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.080 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e5',
    500: '#79bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcda;
$custom-light: #a4d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.557,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76141,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDA

secondary

#E7D1C8

accent

#5421C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDA

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

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