#79BED4#79BED4

#79BED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.076 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BED4
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -16.05, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 24.01, 228.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0583 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.076 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1780, 45.6426, 69.0727)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BED4 #D48F79

analogous

#79D4BC #79BED4 #7991D4

triadic

#79BED4 #D479BE #BED479

tetradic

#79BED4 #BC79D4 #D48F79 #91D479

square

#79BED4 #BC79D4 #D48F79 #91D479

split-complementary

#79BED4 #D47991 #D4BC79

monochromatic

#33859F #4BA8C5 #79BED4 #A7D4E3 #D6EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#79BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#79BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BED4

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BED4	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.076 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e1',
    500: '#79bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bed4;
$custom-light: #a4d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BED4

secondary

#E4CCC5

accent

#4B27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BED4

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

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