#79A99E#79A99E

#79A99E is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.054 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A99E
RGB	rgb(121, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -18.41, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 18.41, 178.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0538 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.054 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2427, 34.9081, 37.5909)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A99E #A97984

analogous

#79A986 #79A99E #799CA9

triadic

#79A99E #9E79A9 #A99E79

tetradic

#79A99E #8679A9 #A97984 #9CA979

square

#79A99E #8679A9 #A97984 #9CA979

split-complementary

#79A99E #A9799C #A98679

monochromatic

#42665E #598B80 #79A99E #9EC1B9 #C4D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#79A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#79A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A99E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A99E	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.054 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c2ba',
    500: '#79a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a99e;
$custom-light: #a1c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.25,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.05384,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A99E

secondary

#C9B5BA

accent

#697DBE

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F3F7F6

border

#CDD0D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A99E

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

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