#79A899#79A899

#79A899 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.055 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A899
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -18.99, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 19.18, 171.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0547 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.055 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6357, 34.3688, 35.3085)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A899 #A87988

analogous

#79A882 #79A899 #79A0A8

triadic

#79A899 #9979A8 #A89979

tetradic

#79A899 #8279A8 #A87988 #A0A879

square

#79A899 #8279A8 #A87988 #A0A879

split-complementary

#79A899 #A879A0 #A88279

monochromatic

#42655A #5A8A7B #79A899 #9EC0B5 #C3D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#79A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#79A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A899

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A899	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.055 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c2b7',
    500: '#79a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a899;
$custom-light: #a1c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.851,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69349,
    "c": 0.05509,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A899

secondary

#C8B5BB

accent

#6A85BE

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F7F6

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A899

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

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