#79BFDB#79BFDB

#79BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.081 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFDB
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -14.71, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 25.54, 234.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0568 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.081 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2975, 46.4382, 73.8968)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFDB #DB9579

analogous

#79DBC6 #79BFDB #798EDB

triadic

#79BFDB #DB79BF #BFDB79

tetradic

#79BFDB #C679DB #DB9579 #8EDB79

square

#79BFDB #C679DB #DB9579 #8EDB79

split-complementary

#79BFDB #DB798E #DBC679

monochromatic

#2E88AC #49A8CE #79BFDB #A9D6E8 #D9EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#79BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFDB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFDB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.081 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e6',
    500: '#79bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfdb;
$custom-light: #a4d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7685,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFDB

secondary

#E8D1C8

accent

#4F20C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFDB

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

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