#79AB9D#79AB9D

#79AB9D is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.057 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AB9D
RGB	rgb(121, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -19.66, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 19.75, 174.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0569 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.057 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5319, 35.6237, 37.2644)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AB9D #AB7987

analogous

#79AB84 #79AB9D #79A0AB

triadic

#79AB9D #9D79AB #AB9D79

tetradic

#79AB9D #8479AB #AB7987 #A0AB79

square

#79AB9D #8479AB #AB7987 #A0AB79

split-complementary

#79AB9D #AB79A0 #AB8479

monochromatic

#41685D #598E7F #79AB9D #9FC3B9 #C4DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#79AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#79AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AB9D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AB9D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.057 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4b9',
    500: '#79ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ab9d;
$custom-light: #a1c4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.05711,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AB9D

secondary

#CAB6BB

accent

#6881BF

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AB9D

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

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