#79AE96#79AE96

#79AE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.066 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AE96
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -22.69, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 23.68, 163.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.064 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.066 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5244, 36.5377, 34.3977)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AE96 #AE7991

analogous

#79AE7B #79AE96 #79ABAE

triadic

#79AE96 #9679AE #AE9679

tetradic

#79AE96 #7B79AE #AE7991 #ABAE79

square

#79AE96 #7B79AE #AE7991 #ABAE79

split-complementary

#79AE96 #AE79AB #AE7B79

monochromatic

#416C58 #589278 #79AE96 #9FC5B4 #C5DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#79AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AE96

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AE96	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.066 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6b4',
    500: '#79ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ae96;
$custom-light: #a1c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.83,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AE96

secondary

#CCB7C0

accent

#6790C1

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AE96

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

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