#79B09A#79B09A

#79B09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.066 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B09A
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 154)
HSL	hsl(156, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -22.86, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 23.52, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0648 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.066 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2412, 37.4472, 36.2529)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B09A #B0798F

analogous

#79B07E #79B09A #79AAB0

triadic

#79B09A #9A79B0 #B09A79

tetradic

#79B09A #7E79B0 #B0798F #AAB079

square

#79B09A #7E79B0 #B0798F #AAB079

split-complementary

#79B09A #B079AA #B07E79

monochromatic

#416E5C #57947C #79B09A #A0C7B7 #C6DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#79B09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#79B09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B09A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B09A	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.066 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7b7',
    500: '#79b09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b09a;
$custom-light: #a1c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B09A

secondary

#CDB7C0

accent

#668BC2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B09A

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

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