#79CBDE#79CBDE

#79CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.084 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBDE
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -20.09, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 26.47, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0697 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.084 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4210, 52.0475, 76.9038)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBDE #DE8C79

analogous

#79DEBE #79CBDE #7999DE

triadic

#79CBDE #DE79CB #CBDE79

tetradic

#79CBDE #BE79DE #DE8C79 #99DE79

square

#79CBDE #BE79DE #DE8C79 #99DE79

split-complementary

#79CBDE #DE7999 #DEBE79

monochromatic

#2C98B1 #48B8D2 #79CBDE #AADEEA #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#79CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#79CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBDE

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBDE	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.084 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe8',
    500: '#79cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbde;
$custom-light: #a5dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.287,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79657,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBDE

secondary

#B35C48

accent

#3D1DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBDE

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

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