#79BECC#79BECC

#79BECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.072 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BECC
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -18.14, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 22.85, 217.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0614 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.072 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1938, 45.2489, 63.8890)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BECC #CC8779

analogous

#79CCB0 #79BECC #7994CC

triadic

#79BECC #CC79BE #BECC79

tetradic

#79BECC #B079CC #CC8779 #94CC79

square

#79BECC #B079CC #CC8779 #94CC79

split-complementary

#79BECC #CC7994 #CCB079

monochromatic

#388393 #4DA8BB #79BECC #A5D4DD #D2E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#79BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BECC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BECC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.072 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1db',
    500: '#79becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79becc;
$custom-light: #a4d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BECC

secondary

#DFC7C2

accent

#452DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BECC

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

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