#79ABA9#79ABA9

#79ABA9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.053 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79ABA9
RGBrgb(121, 171, 169)
HSLhsl(178, 23%, 57%)
HSVhsv(178, 29%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(29.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.56, -16.93, -4.31)
CIE-LCHlch(66.56, 17.47, 194.27°)
OKLaboklab(70.54% -0.0518 -0.0118)
OKLCHoklch(70.54% 0.053 192.9)
XYZxyz(29.6071, 36.0538, 42.9275)
Luminance0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79ABA9 #AB797B
analogous
#79AB90 #79ABA9 #7994AB
triadic
#79ABA9 #A979AB #ABA979
tetradic
#79ABA9 #9079AB #AB797B #94AB79
square
#79ABA9 #9079AB #AB797B #94AB79
split-complementary
#79ABA9 #AB7994 #AB9079
monochromatic
#416867 #598E8C #79ABA9 #9FC3C1 #C4DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#79ABA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21
#79ABA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABA9
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79ABA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79ABA91.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5A6A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9FAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#68AEAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.053 192.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4c2',
    500: '#79aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79aba9;
$custom-light: #a1c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 22.936,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70538,
    "c": 0.0531,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79ABA9
secondary
#CAB6B7
accent
#686CBF
background
#FAFCFB
surface
#F3F8F7
border
#CDD1D0
text
#0F1212
muted
#7F8181

Preview Lab

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#79ABA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva