#79A596#79A596

#79A596 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.053 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A596
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -18.09, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 18.33, 170.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0519 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.053 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8436, 33.1761, 33.8375)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A596 #A57988

analogous

#79A580 #79A596 #799EA5

triadic

#79A596 #9679A5 #A59679

tetradic

#79A596 #8079A5 #A57988 #9EA579

square

#79A596 #8079A5 #A57988 #9EA579

split-complementary

#79A596 #A5799E #A58079

monochromatic

#426257 #5A8677 #79A596 #9EBEB3 #C2D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#79A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#79A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A596

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A596	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.053 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfb4',
    500: '#79a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a596;
$custom-light: #a0bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.05251,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A596

secondary

#C6B4BA

accent

#6C87BC

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A596

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

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