#79BED3#79BED3

#79BED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.076 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BED3
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -16.32, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 23.83, 226.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0587 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.076 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0523, 45.5923, 68.4104)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BED3 #D38E79

analogous

#79D3BB #79BED3 #7991D3

triadic

#79BED3 #D379BE #BED379

tetradic

#79BED3 #BB79D3 #D38E79 #91D379

square

#79BED3 #BB79D3 #D38E79 #91D379

split-complementary

#79BED3 #D37991 #D3BB79

monochromatic

#34859E #4BA8C4 #79BED3 #A7D4E2 #D5EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#79BED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#79BED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BED3

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BED3	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.076 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e0',
    500: '#79bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bed3;
$custom-light: #a4d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76325,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BED3

secondary

#E3CCC5

accent

#4B28BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BED3

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

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