#79AAA5#79AAA5

#79AAA5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.053 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AAA5
RGB	rgb(121, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -17.34, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 17.54, 188.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0521 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.053 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0492, 35.5295, 40.9173)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AAA5 #AA797E

analogous

#79AA8D #79AAA5 #7996AA

triadic

#79AAA5 #A579AA #AAA579

tetradic

#79AAA5 #8D79AA #AA797E #96AA79

square

#79AAA5 #8D79AA #AA797E #96AA79

split-complementary

#79AAA5 #AA7996 #AA8D79

monochromatic

#416763 #598D87 #79AAA5 #9EC2BE #C4DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#79AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#79AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AAA5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AAA5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.053 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3bf',
    500: '#79aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79aaa5;
$custom-light: #a1c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.878,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70179,
    "c": 0.05267,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AAA5

secondary

#C9B5B7

accent

#6972BF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F7

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AAA5

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

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