#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
RGBrgb(121, 174, 156)
HSLhsl(160, 25%, 58%)
HSVhsv(160, 30%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.08, -21.41, 3.66)
CIE-LCHlch(67.08, 21.72, 170.29°)
OKLaboklab(70.84% -0.0613 0.0094)
OKLCHoklch(70.84% 0.062 171.3)
XYZxyz(29.0199, 36.7359, 37.0077)
Luminance0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##79AE9C1.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

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

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#79AE9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva