#79BDCD#79BDCD

#79BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.072 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCD
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -17.37, -14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 22.83, 220.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0598 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.072 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0982, 44.8654, 64.4508)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCD #CD8979

analogous

#79CDB3 #79BDCD #7993CD

triadic

#79BDCD #CD79BD #BDCD79

tetradic

#79BDCD #B379CD #CD8979 #93CD79

square

#79BDCD #B379CD #CD8979 #93CD79

split-complementary

#79BDCD #CD7993 #CDB379

monochromatic

#378394 #4CA7BC #79BDCD #A6D3DE #D2E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#79BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#79BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.072 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1dc',
    500: '#79bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdcd;
$custom-light: #a4d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7588,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCD

secondary

#E0C8C2

accent

#472DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCD

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

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