#79BCDB#79BCDB

#79BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.081 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDB
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -13.13, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 25.76, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0533 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.081 229)
XYZ	xyz(38.6500, 45.1431, 73.6809)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDB #DB9879

analogous

#79DBC9 #79BCDB #798BDB

triadic

#79BCDB #DB79BC #BCDB79

tetradic

#79BCDB #C979DB #DB9879 #8BDB79

square

#79BCDB #C979DB #DB9879 #8BDB79

split-complementary

#79BCDB #DB798B #DBC979

monochromatic

#2E84AC #49A4CE #79BCDB #A9D4E8 #D9ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#79BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.081 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e6',
    500: '#79bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcdb;
$custom-light: #a4d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7618,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDB

secondary

#E8D2C8

accent

#5420C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDB

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

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