#79B09D#79B09D

#79B09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.064 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B09D
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(159, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -22.21, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 22.56, 169.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0635 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.064 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4942, 37.5484, 37.5852)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B09D #B0798C

analogous

#79B081 #79B09D #79A7B0

triadic

#79B09D #9D79B0 #B09D79

tetradic

#79B09D #8179B0 #B0798C #A7B079

square

#79B09D #8179B0 #B0798C #A7B079

split-complementary

#79B09D #B079A7 #B08179

monochromatic

#416E5E #57947F #79B09D #A0C7B9 #C6DDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#79B09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#79B09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B09D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B09D	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.064 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c7b9',
    500: '#79b09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b09d;
$custom-light: #a1c7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.273,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.06431,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B09D

secondary

#CDB7BF

accent

#6686C2

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F3F8F6

border

#CDD1D0

text

#0F1311

muted

#7F8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B09D

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

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