#79BDCE#79BDCE

#79BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.073 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCE
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -17.11, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 22.96, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0594 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.073 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2193, 44.9138, 65.0885)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCE #CE8A79

analogous

#79CEB5 #79BDCE #7993CE

triadic

#79BDCE #CE79BD #BDCE79

tetradic

#79BDCE #B579CE #CE8A79 #93CE79

square

#79BDCE #B579CE #CE8A79 #93CE79

split-complementary

#79BDCE #CE7993 #CEB579

monochromatic

#378396 #4CA7BE #79BDCE #A6D3DE #D3E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#79BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.073 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1dd',
    500: '#79bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bdce;
$custom-light: #a4d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75916,
    "c": 0.07281,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCE

secondary

#E0C9C3

accent

#482CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCE

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

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