#79BFDF#79BFDF

#79BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.084 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BFDF
RGB	rgb(121, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -13.62, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 26.60, 239.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0553 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.084 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8305, 46.6513, 76.7034)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BFDF #DF9979

analogous

#79DFCC #79BFDF #798CDF

triadic

#79BFDF #DF79BF #BFDF79

tetradic

#79BFDF #CC79DF #DF9979 #8CDF79

square

#79BFDF #CC79DF #DF9979 #8CDF79

split-complementary

#79BFDF #DF798C #DFCC79

monochromatic

#2B88B3 #48A7D3 #79BFDF #AAD7EB #DCEEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#79BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#79BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BFDF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BFDF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.084 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d2e9',
    500: '#79bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bfdf;
$custom-light: #a5d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77004,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BFDF

secondary

#EAD4CA

accent

#531CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BFDF

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

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