#79BED5#79BED5

#79BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.077 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BED5
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -15.79, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 24.21, 229.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0579 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.077 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3045, 45.6932, 69.7391)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BED5 #D59079

analogous

#79D5BE #79BED5 #7990D5

triadic

#79BED5 #D579BE #BED579

tetradic

#79BED5 #BE79D5 #D59079 #90D579

square

#79BED5 #BE79D5 #D59079 #90D579

split-complementary

#79BED5 #D57990 #D5BE79

monochromatic

#3285A1 #4AA7C6 #79BED5 #A8D5E4 #D6EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#79BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#79BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BED5

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BED5	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.077 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e2',
    500: '#79bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bed5;
$custom-light: #a4d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BED5

secondary

#E4CDC5

accent

#4C26C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BED5

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

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