#79AFAE#79AFAE

#79AFAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.057 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AFAE
RGB	rgb(121, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -17.83, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 18.56, 196.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0549 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.057 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8525, 37.7792, 45.7026)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AFAE #AF797A

analogous

#79AF93 #79AFAE #7995AF

triadic

#79AFAE #AE79AF #AFAE79

tetradic

#79AFAE #9379AF #AF797A #95AF79

square

#79AFAE #9379AF #AF797A #95AF79

split-complementary

#79AFAE #AF7995 #AF9379

monochromatic

#416D6C #589392 #79AFAE #9FC6C5 #C6DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#79AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#79AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AFAE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AFAE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.057 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7c6',
    500: '#79afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79afae;
$custom-light: #a2c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71621,
    "c": 0.05667,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AFAE

secondary

#CDB7B8

accent

#6668C2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AFAE

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