#79B4A8#79B4A8

#79B4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.064 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B4A8
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -21.79, 0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 21.79, 179.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0639 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.064 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2718, 39.5329, 43.0210)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B4A8 #B47985

analogous

#79B48B #79B4A8 #79A3B4

triadic

#79B4A8 #A879B4 #B4A879

tetradic

#79B4A8 #8B79B4 #B47985 #A3B479

square

#79B4A8 #8B79B4 #B47985 #A3B479

split-complementary

#79B4A8 #B479A3 #B48B79

monochromatic

#407368 #569A8C #79B4A8 #A0CAC1 #C7E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#79B4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#79B4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B4A8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B4A8	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)

#AFADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.064 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cac1',
    500: '#79b4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b4a8;
$custom-light: #a2cac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.06386,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B4A8

secondary

#D0B9BE

accent

#6377C5

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F8F7

border

#CED1D0

text

#0F1312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B4A8

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

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