#79AFAD#79AFAD

#79AFAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.057 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFAD
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -18.06, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 18.65, 194.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0553 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.057 193)
XYZ	xyz(30.7554, 37.7403, 45.1911)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFAD #AF797B

analogous

#79AF92 #79AFAD #7996AF

triadic

#79AFAD #AD79AF #AFAD79

tetradic

#79AFAD #9279AF #AF797B #96AF79

square

#79AFAD #9279AF #AF797B #96AF79

split-complementary

#79AFAD #AF7996 #AF9279

monochromatic

#416D6B #589391 #79AFAD #9FC6C4 #C6DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#79AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#79AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFAD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFAD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.057 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7c5',
    500: '#79afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afad;
$custom-light: #a1c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.05674,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFAD

secondary

#CDB7B8

accent

#666AC2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFAD

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

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