#79B2BB#79B2BB

#79B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.061 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2BB
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -16.22, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 19.32, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0533 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.061 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7721, 39.4916, 52.8999)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2BB #BB8279

analogous

#79BBA3 #79B2BB #7991BB

triadic

#79B2BB #BB79B2 #B2BB79

tetradic

#79B2BB #A379BB #BB8279 #91BB79

square

#79B2BB #A379BB #BB8279 #91BB79

split-complementary

#79B2BB #BB7991 #BBA379

monochromatic

#3E737B #5399A4 #79B2BB #A2C9D0 #CAE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#79B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2BB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2BB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.061 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9cf',
    500: '#79b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2bb;
$custom-light: #a2c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.0606,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2BB

secondary

#D5BFBB

accent

#4A3AAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2BB

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

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