#79BCDC#79BCDC

#79BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.082 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDC
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -12.86, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 26.05, 240.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0529 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.082 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7820, 45.1959, 74.3763)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDC #DC9979

analogous

#79DCCB #79BCDC #798BDC

triadic

#79BCDC #DC79BC #BCDC79

tetradic

#79BCDC #CB79DC #DC9979 #8BDC79

square

#79BCDC #CB79DC #DC9979 #8BDC79

split-complementary

#79BCDC #DC798B #DCCB79

monochromatic

#2D84AD #48A4CF #79BCDC #AAD4E9 #DAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#79BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.082 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e7',
    500: '#79bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcdc;
$custom-light: #a4d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDC

secondary

#E8D3C9

accent

#551FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDC

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

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