#79BEDB#79BEDB

#79BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.081 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEDB
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -14.18, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 25.60, 236.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0556 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.081 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0802, 46.0035, 73.8243)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEDB #DB9679

analogous

#79DBC7 #79BEDB #798DDB

triadic

#79BEDB #DB79BE #BEDB79

tetradic

#79BEDB #C779DB #DB9679 #8DDB79

square

#79BEDB #C779DB #DB9679 #8DDB79

split-complementary

#79BEDB #DB798D #DBC779

monochromatic

#2E86AC #49A7CE #79BEDB #A9D5E8 #D9EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#79BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#79BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEDB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEDB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.081 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e6',
    500: '#79bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bedb;
$custom-light: #a4d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.755,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEDB

secondary

#E8D1C8

accent

#5120C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEDB

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

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