#79CBE3#79CBE3

#79CBE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.087 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79CBE3
RGB	rgb(121, 203, 227)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -18.76, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 27.18, 226.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0678 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.087 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1011, 52.3195, 80.4856)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79CBE3 #E39179

analogous

#79E3C6 #79CBE3 #7996E3

triadic

#79CBE3 #E379CB #CBE379

tetradic

#79CBE3 #C679E3 #E39179 #96E379

square

#79CBE3 #C679E3 #E39179 #96E379

split-complementary

#79CBE3 #E37996 #E3C679

monochromatic

#2799BB #46B7D8 #79CBE3 #ACDFEE #DEF2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#79CBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#79CBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79CBE3

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79CBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79CBE3	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79cbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 203, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.087 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6dbeb',
    500: '#79cbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79cbe3;
$custom-light: #a6dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79cbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79CBE3

secondary

#BA6046

accent

#4118CD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFD

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #79CBE3

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

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