#79B09B#79B09B

#79B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.066 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B09B
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(157, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(157, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -22.64, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 23.19, 167.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0644 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.066 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3249, 37.4807, 36.6933)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B09B #B0798E

analogous

#79B07F #79B09B #79A9B0

triadic

#79B09B #9B79B0 #B09B79

tetradic

#79B09B #7F79B0 #B0798E #A9B079

square

#79B09B #7F79B0 #B0798E #A9B079

split-complementary

#79B09B #B079A9 #B07F79

monochromatic

#416E5D #57947D #79B09B #A0C7B8 #C6DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#79B09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#79B09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B09B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B09B	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.066 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7b8',
    500: '#79b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b09b;
$custom-light: #a1c7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.091,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71274,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B09B

secondary

#CDB7C0

accent

#6689C2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B09B

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

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