#79CBDD#79CBDD

#79CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.084 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBDD
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -20.35, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 26.35, 219.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0701 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.084 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2874, 51.9940, 76.2001)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBDD #DD8B79

analogous

#79DDBD #79CBDD #7999DD

triadic

#79CBDD #DD79CB #CBDD79

tetradic

#79CBDD #BD79DD #DD8B79 #99DD79

square

#79CBDD #BD79DD #DD8B79 #99DD79

split-complementary

#79CBDD #DD7999 #DDBD79

monochromatic

#2C98AF #48B8D1 #79CBDD #AADEE9 #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#79CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBDD

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBDD	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.084 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe7',
    500: '#79cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbdd;
$custom-light: #a5dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79621,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBDD

secondary

#B15C49

accent

#3D1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBDD

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

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