#79BEDE#79BEDE

#79BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.083 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BEDE
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -13.37, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 26.41, 239.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0545 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.083 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4787, 46.1629, 75.9231)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BEDE #DE9979

analogous

#79DECC #79BEDE #798CDE

triadic

#79BEDE #DE79BE #BEDE79

tetradic

#79BEDE #CC79DE #DE9979 #8CDE79

square

#79BEDE #CC79DE #DE9979 #8CDE79

split-complementary

#79BEDE #DE798C #DECC79

monochromatic

#2C87B1 #48A6D2 #79BEDE #AAD6EA #DBEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#79BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#79BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BEDE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BEDE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.083 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d1e8',
    500: '#79bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bede;
$custom-light: #a5d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.01,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76743,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BEDE

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#531DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BEDE

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

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