#79B1A8#79B1A8

#79B1A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.060 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B1A8
RGB	rgb(121, 177, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(170, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -20.26, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 20.30, 183.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.06 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.06 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6728, 38.3347, 42.8213)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B1A8 #B17982

analogous

#79B18C #79B1A8 #799EB1

triadic

#79B1A8 #A879B1 #B1A879

tetradic

#79B1A8 #8C79B1 #B17982 #9EB179

square

#79B1A8 #8C79B1 #B17982 #9EB179

split-complementary

#79B1A8 #B1799E #B18C79

monochromatic

#416F68 #57968C #79B1A8 #A0C8C1 #C6DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#79B1A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#79B1A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B1A8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B1A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B1A8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b1a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.060 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c8c1',
    500: '#79b1a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b1a8;
$custom-light: #a1c8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b1a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.357,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71892,
    "c": 0.06011,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B1A8

secondary

#CEB8BB

accent

#6574C3

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B1A8

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

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