#79AB9C#79AB9C

#79AB9C is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.058 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AB9C
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 8.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -19.88, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 20.02, 173.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0573 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.058 174)
XYZ	xyz(28.4468, 35.5897, 36.8167)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AB9C #AB7988

analogous

#79AB83 #79AB9C #79A1AB

triadic

#79AB9C #9C79AB #AB9C79

tetradic

#79AB9C #8379AB #AB7988 #A1AB79

square

#79AB9C #8379AB #AB7988 #A1AB79

split-complementary

#79AB9C #AB79A1 #AB8379

monochromatic

#41685D #598E7E #79AB9C #9FC3B8 #C4DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#79AB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#79AB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AB9C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AB9C	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ab9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.058 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4b9',
    500: '#79ab9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ab9c;
$custom-light: #a1c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ab9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70136,
    "c": 0.05767,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AB9C

secondary

#CAB6BC

accent

#6882BF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AB9C

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

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