#79BDCC#79BDCC

#79BDCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.072 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCC
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -17.63, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 22.71, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0602 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.072 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9779, 44.8172, 63.8171)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCC #CC8879

analogous

#79CCB1 #79BDCC #7993CC

triadic

#79BDCC #CC79BD #BDCC79

tetradic

#79BDCC #B179CC #CC8879 #93CC79

square

#79BDCC #B179CC #CC8879 #93CC79

split-complementary

#79BDCC #CC7993 #CCB179

monochromatic

#388293 #4DA7BB #79BDCC #A5D3DD #D2E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#79BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCC	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.072 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1db',
    500: '#79bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdcc;
$custom-light: #a3d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.843,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75844,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCC

secondary

#DFC7C2

accent

#472DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCC

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

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