#79BFDD#79BFDD

#79BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.082 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFDD
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -14.16, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 26.05, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0561 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.082 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5624, 46.5441, 75.2917)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFDD #DD9779

analogous

#79DDC9 #79BFDD #798DDD

triadic

#79BFDD #DD79BF #BFDD79

tetradic

#79BFDD #C979DD #DD9779 #8DDD79

square

#79BFDD #C979DD #DD9779 #8DDD79

split-complementary

#79BFDD #DD798D #DDC979

monochromatic

#2C88AF #48A8D1 #79BFDD #AAD6E9 #DBEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#79BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#79BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFDD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFDD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.082 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2e7',
    500: '#79bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfdd;
$custom-light: #a5d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFDD

secondary

#E9D3C9

accent

#511EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFDD

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

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