#79B0AE#79B0AE

#79B0AE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.058 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B0AE
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -18.35, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 18.95, 194.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0561 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.058 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0479, 38.1699, 45.7677)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B0AE #B0797B

analogous

#79B092 #79B0AE #7996B0

triadic

#79B0AE #AE79B0 #B0AE79

tetradic

#79B0AE #9279B0 #B0797B #96B079

square

#79B0AE #9279B0 #B0797B #96B079

split-complementary

#79B0AE #B07996 #B09279

monochromatic

#416E6C #579492 #79B0AE #A0C7C5 #C6DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#79B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#79B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B0AE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B0AE	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)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.058 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7c6',
    500: '#79b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b0ae;
$custom-light: #a2c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 25.822,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.05764,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B0AE

secondary

#CDB7B8

accent

#6669C2

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B0AE

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

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