#79BCDE#79BCDE

#79BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.084 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDE
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -12.31, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 26.65, 242.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0522 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.084 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0485, 45.3025, 75.7797)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDE #DE9B79

analogous

#79DECE #79BCDE #798ADE

triadic

#79BCDE #DE79BC #BCDE79

tetradic

#79BCDE #CE79DE #DE9B79 #8ADE79

square

#79BCDE #CE79DE #DE9B79 #8ADE79

split-complementary

#79BCDE #DE798A #DECE79

monochromatic

#2C84B1 #48A3D2 #79BCDE #AAD5EA #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#79BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.084 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0e8',
    500: '#79bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcde;
$custom-light: #a5d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76297,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDE

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#571DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDE

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

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