#79BCDD#79BCDD

#79BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDD
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -12.59, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 26.35, 241.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0525 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.083 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9149, 45.2490, 75.0759)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDD #DD9A79

analogous

#79DDCC #79BCDD #798ADD

triadic

#79BCDD #DD79BC #BCDD79

tetradic

#79BCDD #CC79DD #DD9A79 #8ADD79

square

#79BCDD #CC79DD #DD9A79 #8ADD79

split-complementary

#79BCDD #DD798A #DDCC79

monochromatic

#2C84AF #48A4D1 #79BCDD #AAD4E9 #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#79BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 230.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76258,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDD

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#561EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDD

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

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