#79AE99#79AE99

#79AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.064 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AE99
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(156, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -22.06, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 22.67, 166.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0626 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.064 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7691, 36.6355, 35.6863)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AE99 #AE798E

analogous

#79AE7E #79AE99 #79A8AE

triadic

#79AE99 #9979AE #AE9979

tetradic

#79AE99 #7E79AE #AE798E #A8AE79

square

#79AE99 #7E79AE #AE798E #A8AE79

split-complementary

#79AE99 #AE79A8 #AE7E79

monochromatic

#416C5B #58927B #79AE99 #9FC5B6 #C5DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#79AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#79AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AE99

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AE99	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.064 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6b7',
    500: '#79ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ae99;
$custom-light: #a1c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.226,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AE99

secondary

#CCB7BF

accent

#678BC1

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AE99

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

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