#79A895#79A895

#79A895 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.058 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A895
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 0%, 11.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -19.85, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 20.42, 166.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0564 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.058 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3109, 34.2389, 33.5977)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A895 #A8798C

analogous

#79A87E #79A895 #79A4A8

triadic

#79A895 #9579A8 #A89579

tetradic

#79A895 #7E79A8 #A8798C #A4A879

square

#79A895 #7E79A8 #A8798C #A4A879

split-complementary

#79A895 #A879A4 #A87E79

monochromatic

#426557 #5A8A77 #79A895 #9EC0B2 #C3D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#79A895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#79A895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A895

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A895	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.058 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c2b4',
    500: '#79a895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a895;
$custom-light: #a1c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.745,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69233,
    "c": 0.05775,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A895

secondary

#C8B5BD

accent

#6A8CBE

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F7F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7E8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A895

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

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