#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
RGBrgb(121, 177, 168)
HSLhsl(170, 26%, 58%)
HSVhsv(170, 32%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(31.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.27, -20.26, -1.24)
CIE-LCHlch(68.27, 20.30, 183.51°)
OKLaboklab(71.89% -0.06 -0.0036)
OKLCHoklch(71.89% 0.06 183.5)
XYZxyz(30.6728, 38.3347, 42.8213)
Luminance0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##79B1A81.002.428.678.67
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6721.001.001.00
##0000008.6721.001.001.00

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

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#79B1A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva