#79C2DB#79C2DB

#79C2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.081 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C2DB
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -16.27, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 25.47, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0604 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.081 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9585, 47.7600, 74.1171)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C2DB #DB9279

analogous

#79DBC3 #79C2DB #7991DB

triadic

#79C2DB #DB79C2 #C2DB79

tetradic

#79C2DB #C379DB #DB9279 #91DB79

square

#79C2DB #C379DB #DB9279 #91DB79

split-complementary

#79C2DB #DB7991 #DBC379

monochromatic

#2E8CAC #49ACCE #79C2DB #A9D8E8 #D9EEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#79C2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#79C2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C2DB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C2DB	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CCACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.081 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d4e6',
    500: '#79c2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c2db;
$custom-light: #a5d4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.306,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77522,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C2DB

secondary

#E8D0C8

accent

#4A20C5

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFC

border

#CED3D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C2DB

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

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