#79BDCB#79BDCB

#79BDCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.071 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCB
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -17.88, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 22.60, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0606 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.072 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8584, 44.7694, 63.1875)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCB #CB8779

analogous

#79CBB0 #79BDCB #7994CB

triadic

#79BDCB #CB79BD #BDCB79

tetradic

#79BDCB #B079CB #CB8779 #94CB79

square

#79BDCB #B079CB #CB8779 #94CB79

split-complementary

#79BDCB #CB7994 #CBB079

monochromatic

#388291 #4DA7BA #79BDCB #A5D3DC #D1E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#79BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCB

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCB	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.071 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1da',
    500: '#79bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdcb;
$custom-light: #a3d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.244,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75809,
    "c": 0.0715,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCB

secondary

#DEC6C1

accent

#462EB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCB

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

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