#79ABB4#79ABB4

#79ABB4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.054 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79ABB4
RGBrgb(121, 171, 180)
HSLhsl(189, 28%, 59%)
HSVhsv(189, 33%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(32.8%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.89, -14.28, -9.93)
CIE-LCHlch(66.89, 17.39, 214.82°)
OKLaboklab(70.91% -0.0472 -0.0272)
OKLCHoklch(70.91% 0.054 209.9)
XYZxyz(30.6835, 36.4844, 48.5966)
Luminance0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79ABB4 #B48279
analogous
#79B4A0 #79ABB4 #798EB4
triadic
#79ABB4 #B479AB #ABB479
tetradic
#79ABB4 #A079B4 #B48279 #8EB479
square
#79ABB4 #A079B4 #B48279 #8EB479
split-complementary
#79ABB4 #B4798E #B4A079
monochromatic
#406B73 #568F9A #79ABB4 #A0C4CA #C7DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#79ABB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#79ABB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ABB4
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79ABB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79ABB41.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3A7B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#999FB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#64B0AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.054 209.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4ca',
    500: '#79abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79abb4;
$custom-light: #a2c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.153,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.05447,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79ABB4
secondary
#D0BCB9
accent
#7263C5
background
#FAFCFC
surface
#F4F8F8
border
#CED1D1
text
#0F1213
muted
#7F8182

Preview Lab

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#79ABB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva