#79ACA0#79ACA0

#79ACA0 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.057 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79ACA0
RGBrgb(121, 172, 160)
HSLhsl(166, 24%, 57%)
HSVhsv(166, 30%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(29.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(66.60, -19.51, 0.75)
CIE-LCHlch(66.60, 19.52, 177.79°)
OKLaboklab(70.49% -0.0569 0.0017)
OKLCHoklch(70.49% 0.057 178.3)
XYZxyz(28.9807, 36.1066, 38.6931)
Luminance0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79ACA0 #AC7985
analogous
#79AC86 #79ACA0 #799FAC
triadic
#79ACA0 #A079AC #ACA079
tetradic
#79ACA0 #8679AC #AC7985 #9FAC79
square
#79ACA0 #8679AC #AC7985 #9FAC79
split-complementary
#79ACA0 #AC799F #AC8679
monochromatic
#416960 #598F82 #79ACA0 #9FC3BB #C5DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55
#79ACA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22
#79ACA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79ACA0
8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79ACA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79ACA01.002.558.228.22
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8A6A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9FA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6AAEA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.057 178.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c5bc',
    500: '#79aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79aca0;
$custom-light: #a1c5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70488,
    "c": 0.05696,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79ACA0
secondary
#CBB6BB
accent
#687DC0
background
#FAFCFB
surface
#F3F8F6
border
#CDD1D0
text
#0F1212
muted
#7F8181

Preview Lab

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#79ACA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva