#79B3AA#79B3AA

#79B3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.062 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B3AA
RGB	rgb(121, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -20.82, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 20.87, 183.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0617 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.062 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2584, 39.2057, 43.9428)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B3AA #B37982

analogous

#79B38D #79B3AA #799FB3

triadic

#79B3AA #AA79B3 #B3AA79

tetradic

#79B3AA #8D79B3 #B37982 #9FB379

square

#79B3AA #8D79B3 #B37982 #9FB379

split-complementary

#79B3AA #B3799F #B38D79

monochromatic

#40716A #56988E #79B3AA #A0C9C3 #C7DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#79B3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#79B3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B3AA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B3AA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.062 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cac3',
    500: '#79b3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b3aa;
$custom-light: #a2cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 27.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.06185,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B3AA

secondary

#CFB8BC

accent

#6473C4

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B3AA

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

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