#79A5AA#79A5AA

#79A5AA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.048 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5AA
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -13.52, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 15.40, 208.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0434 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.048 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5937, 33.8761, 43.0545)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5AA #AA7E79

analogous

#79AA96 #79A5AA #798DAA

triadic

#79A5AA #AA79A5 #A5AA79

tetradic

#79A5AA #9679AA #AA7E79 #8DAA79

square

#79A5AA #9679AA #AA7E79 #8DAA79

split-complementary

#79A5AA #AA798D #AA9679

monochromatic

#416367 #59878D #79A5AA #9EBEC2 #C4D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#79A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#79A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5AA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5AA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.048 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bfc3',
    500: '#79a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5aa;
$custom-light: #a1bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.04786,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5AA

secondary

#C9B7B5

accent

#7269BF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F7F7

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5AA

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

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