#79AE9C#79AE9C

#79AE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.062 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AE9C
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -21.41, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 21.72, 170.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0613 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.062 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0199, 36.7359, 37.0077)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AE9C #AE798B

analogous

#79AE82 #79AE9C #79A5AE

triadic

#79AE9C #9C79AE #AE9C79

tetradic

#79AE9C #8279AE #AE798B #A5AE79

square

#79AE9C #8279AE #AE798B #A5AE79

split-complementary

#79AE9C #AE79A5 #AE8279

monochromatic

#416C5D #58927E #79AE9C #9FC5B8 #C5DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#79AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#79AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AE9C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AE9C	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.062 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c6b9',
    500: '#79ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ae9c;
$custom-light: #a1c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.623,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.06202,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AE9C

secondary

#CCB7BE

accent

#6785C1

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AE9C

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

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