#79BCDF#79BCDF

#79BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.085 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCDF
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -12.04, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 26.96, 243.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0518 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.085 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1829, 45.3562, 76.4876)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCDF #DF9C79

analogous

#79DFCF #79BCDF #7989DF

triadic

#79BCDF #DF79BC #BCDF79

tetradic

#79BCDF #CF79DF #DF9C79 #89DF79

square

#79BCDF #CF79DF #DF9C79 #89DF79

split-complementary

#79BCDF #DF7989 #DFCF79

monochromatic

#2B84B3 #48A3D3 #79BCDF #AAD5EB #DCEDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#79BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCDF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCDF	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.085 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d0e9',
    500: '#79bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcdf;
$custom-light: #a5d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.588,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76337,
    "c": 0.08454,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCDF

secondary

#EAD5CA

accent

#581CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCDF

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

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