#79BECD#79BECD

#79BECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.073 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BECD
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -17.88, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 22.95, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.061 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.073 213)
XYZ	xyz(37.3141, 45.2970, 64.5227)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BECD #CD8879

analogous

#79CDB2 #79BECD #7994CD

triadic

#79BECD #CD79BE #BECD79

tetradic

#79BECD #B279CD #CD8879 #94CD79

square

#79BECD #B279CD #CD8879 #94CD79

split-complementary

#79BECD #CD7994 #CDB279

monochromatic

#378494 #4CA8BC #79BECD #A6D4DE #D2E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#79BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BECD

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BECD	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.073 213.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76107,
    "c": 0.0727,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BECD

secondary

#E0C7C2

accent

#462DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BECD

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

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