#79B2BC#79B2BC

#79B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.061 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B2BC
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -15.98, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 19.40, 214.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0529 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.061 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8795, 39.5346, 53.4656)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B2BC #BC8379

analogous

#79BCA4 #79B2BC #7990BC

triadic

#79B2BC #BC79B2 #B2BC79

tetradic

#79B2BC #A479BC #BC8379 #90BC79

square

#79B2BC #A479BC #BC8379 #90BC79

split-complementary

#79B2BC #BC7990 #BCA479

monochromatic

#3E737C #5399A5 #79B2BC #A2C9D0 #CBE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B2BC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B2BC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.061 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d0',
    500: '#79b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b2bc;
$custom-light: #a2c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7278,
    "c": 0.06091,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B2BC

secondary

#D5BFBC

accent

#4B39AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B2BC

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

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