#79BFDE#79BFDE

#79BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.083 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFDE
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -13.89, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 26.32, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0557 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.083 228)
XYZ	xyz(39.6960, 46.5976, 75.9955)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFDE #DE9879

analogous

#79DECB #79BFDE #798DDE

triadic

#79BFDE #DE79BF #BFDE79

tetradic

#79BFDE #CB79DE #DE9879 #8DDE79

square

#79BFDE #CB79DE #DE9879 #8DDE79

split-complementary

#79BFDE #DE798D #DECB79

monochromatic

#2C88B1 #48A8D2 #79BFDE #AAD6EA #DBEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#79BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFDE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFDE	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.083 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2e8',
    500: '#79bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfde;
$custom-light: #a5d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFDE

secondary

#E9D3C9

accent

#521DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFDE

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

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