#79BFDA#79BFDA

#79BFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.080 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFDA
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -14.97, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 25.30, 233.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0572 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.08 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1663, 46.3857, 73.2055)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFDA #DA9479

analogous

#79DAC5 #79BFDA #798FDA

triadic

#79BFDA #DA79BF #BFDA79

tetradic

#79BFDA #C579DA #DA9479 #8FDA79

square

#79BFDA #C579DA #DA9479 #8FDA79

split-complementary

#79BFDA #DA798F #DAC579

monochromatic

#2F88AA #49A8CD #79BFDA #A9D6E7 #D9EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#79BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFDA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFDA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.080 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e5',
    500: '#79bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfda;
$custom-light: #a4d2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76812,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFDA

secondary

#E7D0C8

accent

#4F21C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFDA

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

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