#79B0AD#79B0AD

#79B0AD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.058 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0AD
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 1.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -18.58, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 19.06, 192.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0566 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.058 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9507, 38.1310, 45.2562)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0AD #B0797C

analogous

#79B091 #79B0AD #7997B0

triadic

#79B0AD #AD79B0 #B0AD79

tetradic

#79B0AD #9179B0 #B0797C #97B079

square

#79B0AD #9179B0 #B0797C #97B079

split-complementary

#79B0AD #B07997 #B09179

monochromatic

#416E6B #579491 #79B0AD #A0C7C5 #C6DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#79B0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#79B0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0AD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0AD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.058 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7c5',
    500: '#79b0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0ad;
$custom-light: #a2c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0AD

secondary

#CDB7B9

accent

#666BC2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0AD

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

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