#79BDCF#79BDCF

#79BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.073 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BDCF
RGB	rgb(121, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -16.85, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 23.10, 223.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.059 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.073 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3412, 44.9625, 65.7303)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BDCF #CF8B79

analogous

#79CFB6 #79BDCF #7992CF

triadic

#79BDCF #CF79BD #BDCF79

tetradic

#79BDCF #B679CF #CF8B79 #92CF79

square

#79BDCF #B679CF #CF8B79 #92CF79

split-complementary

#79BDCF #CF7992 #CFB679

monochromatic

#368397 #4CA7BF #79BDCF #A6D3DF #D3E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#79BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#79BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BDCF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BDCF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.073 216.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75952,
    "c": 0.0733,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BDCF

secondary

#E1C9C3

accent

#492BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BDCF

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

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