#79B3A8#79B3A8

#79B3A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.063 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3A8
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 6.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -21.28, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 21.28, 181.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0626 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.063 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0707, 39.1306, 42.9540)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3A8 #B37984

analogous

#79B38B #79B3A8 #79A1B3

triadic

#79B3A8 #A879B3 #B3A879

tetradic

#79B3A8 #8B79B3 #B37984 #A1B379

square

#79B3A8 #8B79B3 #B37984 #A1B379

split-complementary

#79B3A8 #B379A1 #B38B79

monochromatic

#407168 #56988C #79B3A8 #A0C9C1 #C7DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79B3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#79B3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3A8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3A8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.063 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cac1',
    500: '#79b3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3a8;
$custom-light: #a2cac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.621,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.06259,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3A8

secondary

#CFB8BD

accent

#6476C4

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3A8

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

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