#79C8DB#79C8DB

#79C8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.082 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C8DB
RGB	rgb(121, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -19.35, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 25.79, 221.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0674 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.082 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3209, 50.4848, 74.5712)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C8DB #DB8C79

analogous

#79DBBD #79C8DB #7997DB

triadic

#79C8DB #DB79C8 #C8DB79

tetradic

#79C8DB #BD79DB #DB8C79 #97DB79

square

#79C8DB #BD79DB #DB8C79 #97DB79

split-complementary

#79C8DB #DB7997 #DBBD79

monochromatic

#2E93AC #49B4CE #79C8DB #A9DCE8 #D9F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#79C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#79C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C8DB

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C8DB	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4ACFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.082 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d8e6',
    500: '#79c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c8db;
$custom-light: #a5d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.633,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78871,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C8DB

secondary

#AE5D4A

accent

#4020C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C8DB

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

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