#79BECE#79BECE

#79BECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.073 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BECE
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -17.62, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 23.07, 220.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0606 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.073 214)
XYZ	xyz(37.4352, 45.3455, 65.1605)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BECE #CE8979

analogous

#79CEB4 #79BECE #7994CE

triadic

#79BECE #CE79BE #BECE79

tetradic

#79BECE #B479CE #CE8979 #94CE79

square

#79BECE #B479CE #CE8979 #94CE79

split-complementary

#79BECE #CE7994 #CEB479

monochromatic

#378496 #4CA8BE #79BECE #A6D4DE #D3E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#79BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#79BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BECE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BECE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.073 214.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76142,
    "c": 0.07314,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BECE

secondary

#E0C8C3

accent

#472CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BECE

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

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